1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.1.3Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā saṅgāmaji sāvatthiṁ anuppatto hoti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya.Now at that time Venerable Saṅgāmaji had arrived at Sāvatthī to see the Buddha.1.4Assosi kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā:His former wife heard1.5“ayyo kira saṅgāmaji sāvatthiṁ anuppatto”ti.that he had arrived,1.6Sā dārakaṁ ādāya jetavanaṁ agamāsi.and went to the Jetavana, taking their boy.

2.1Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā saṅgāmaji aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisinno hoti.Now at that time Venerable Saṅgāmaji was sitting at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation.2.2Atha kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā yenāyasmā saṅgāmaji tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ etadavoca:Then his former wife went up to him and said,2.3“khuddaputtañhi, samaṇa, posa man”ti.“Ascetic, please raise this little boy.”¹2.4Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā saṅgāmaji tuṇhī ahosi.When she said this, Saṅgāmaji kept silent.

3.1Dutiyampi kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ etadavoca:For a second time she said,3.2“khuddaputtañhi, samaṇa, posa man”ti.“Ascetic, please raise this little boy.”3.3Dutiyampi kho āyasmā saṅgāmaji tuṇhī ahosi.For a second time, Saṅgāmaji kept silent.

4.1Tatiyampi kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ etadavoca:For a third time she said,4.2“khuddaputtañhi, samaṇa, posa man”ti.“Ascetic, please raise this little boy.”4.3Tatiyampi kho āyasmā saṅgāmaji tuṇhī ahosi.For a third time, Saṅgāmaji kept silent.

5.1Atha kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā taṁ dārakaṁ āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purato nikkhipitvā pakkāmi:Then she put down the boy in front of Saṅgāmaji, saying,5.2“eso te, samaṇa, putto; posa nan”ti.“This is your child, ascetic. Please raise him.”

6.1Atha kho āyasmā saṅgāmaji taṁ dārakaṁ neva olokesi nāpi ālapi.But Saṅgāmaji neither looked at the boy nor spoke to him.6.2Atha kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā avidūraṁ gantvā apalokentī addasa āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ taṁ dārakaṁ neva olokentaṁ nāpi ālapantaṁ, disvānassā etadahosi:Then his former wife went a little distance away. Looking back, she saw Saṅgāmaji ignoring the boy, and thought,6.3“na cāyaṁ samaṇo puttenapi atthiko”ti.“This ascetic doesn’t even want his child.”²6.4Tato paṭinivattitvā dārakaṁ ādāya pakkāmi.She returned to pick up the boy, then left.6.5Addasā kho bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikāya evarūpaṁ vippakāraṁ.With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, the Buddha saw how Saṅgāmaji’s former wife went back for the child.³

7.1Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

8.1“Āyantiṁ nābhinandati,∥“When she came he was not glad,8.2pakkamantiṁ na socati;when she left he did not grieve.8.3Saṅgā saṅgāmajiṁ muttaṁ,Victorious in battle, freed from chains,8.4tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇan”ti.that’s who I declare a brahmin.”

8.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.