• A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

69. Udāna 7.9: The Discourse about the Well

1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā mallesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusanghena saddhiṃ yena thūṇaṃ nāma mallānaṃ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari. Assosuṃ kho thūṇeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā:  "samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito mallesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusanghena saddhiṃ thūṇaṃ anuppatto"ti. () Udapānaṃ tiṇassa ca bhusassa ca yāva mukhato pūresuṃ:  "mā te muṇḍakā samaṇakā pānīyaṃ apaṃsū"ti.

2 Atha kho bhagavā maggā okkamma yena rukkhamūlaṃ tenupasankami; upasankamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Nisajja kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi:  "ingha me tvaṃ, ānanda, etamhā udapānā pānīyaṃ āharā"ti.

3 Evaṃ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "idāni so, bhante, udapāno thūṇeyyakehi brāhmaṇagahapatikehi tiṇassa ca bhusassa ca yāva mukhato pūrito:  ‘mā te muṇḍakā samaṇakā pānīyaṃ apaṃsū’"ti.

4 Dutiyampi kho … pe … tatiyampi kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi:  "ingha me tvaṃ, ānanda, etamhā udapānā pānīyaṃ āharā"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paṭissutvā pattaṃ gahetvā yena so udapāno tenupasankami. Atha kho so udapāno āyasmante ānande upasankamante sabbaṃ taṃ tiṇañca bhusañca mukhato ovamitvā acchassa udakassa anāvilassa vippasannassa yāva mukhato pūrito vissandanto maññe aṭṭhāsi.

5 Atha kho āyasmato ānandassa etadahosi:  "acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā. Ayañhi so udapāno mayi upasankamante sabbaṃ taṃ tiṇañca bhusañca mukhato ovamitvā acchassa udakassa anāvilassa vippasannassa yāva mukhato pūrito vissandanto maññe ṭhito"ti. Pattena pānīyaṃ ādāya yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "acchariyaṃ, bhante, abbhutaṃ, bhante, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā. Ayañhi so, bhante, udapāno mayi upasankamante sabbaṃ taṃ tiṇañca bhusañca mukhato ovamitvā acchassa udakassa anāvilassa vippasannassa yāva mukhato pūrito vissandanto maññe aṭṭhāsi. Pivatu bhagavā pānīyaṃ, pivatu sugato pānīyan"ti.

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

7 "Kiṃ kayirā udapānena,
Āpā ce sabbadā siyuṃ;
Taṇhāya mūlato chetvā,
Kissa pariyesanaṃ care"ti.

Navamaṃ.