1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ānando tadahuposathe pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

2 Addasā kho devadatto āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṃ. Disvāna yenāyasmā ānando tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca:  "ajjatagge dānāhaṃ, āvuso ānanda, aññatreva bhagavatā aññatra bhikkhusanghā uposathaṃ karissāmi sanghakammāni cā"ti.

3 Atha kho āyasmā ānando rājagahe piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: 

4 "Idhāhaṃ, bhante, pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisiṃ. Addasā kho maṃ, bhante, devadatto rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṃ. Disvāna yenāhaṃ tenupasankami; upasankamitvā maṃ etadavoca:  ‘ajjatagge dānāhaṃ, āvuso ānanda, aññatreva bhagavatā aññatra bhikkhusanghā uposathaṃ karissāmi sanghakammāni cā’ti. Ajja, bhante, devadatto sanghaṃ bhindissati, uposathañca karissati sanghakammāni cā"ti.

5 Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi: 

6 "Sukaraṃ sādhunā sādhu,
Sādhu pāpena dukkaraṃ;
Pāpaṃ pāpena sukaraṃ,
Pāpamariyehi dukkaran"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.