1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—∥So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.1.3Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahākassapo pippaliguhāyaṁ viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.Now at that time Venerable Mahākassapa was staying in the Pipphali cave, and he was sick, suffering, gravely ill.1.4Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo aparena samayena tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhāsi.Then after some time he recovered from that illness.1.5Atha kho āyasmato mahākassapassa tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhitassa etadahosi:It occurred to him,1.6“yannūnāhaṁ rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya paviseyyan”ti.“Why not enter Rājagaha for almsfood?”

2.1Tena kho pana samayena pañcamattāni devatāsatāni ussukkaṁ āpannāni honti āyasmato mahākassapassa piṇḍapātapaṭilābhāya.Now at that time five hundred deities were ready and eager for the chance to offer alms to Mahākassapa.2.2Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo tāni pañcamattāni devatāsatāni paṭikkhipitvā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi—But Mahākasspa turned down those deities. In the morning, he robed up, took his bowl and robe, and entered Rājagaha for alms.2.3yena daliddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.He went to the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers.2.4Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ mahākassapaṁ rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṁ yena daliddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.The Buddha saw him wandering for alms in the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers.

3.1Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

4.1“Anaññaposimaññātaṁ,∥“The stranger, providing for no other,¹4.2dantaṁ sāre patiṭṭhitaṁ;tamed, consolidated in the core,4.3Khīṇāsavaṁ vantadosaṁ,with defilements ended and flaws purged:4.4tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇan”ti.that’s who I declare a brahmin.”

4.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.