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.1.3Atha kho āyasmato upasenassa vaṅgantaputtassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:Then as Venerable Upasena son of Vaṅgantā was in private retreat this thought came to his mind:1.4“lābhā vata me, suladdhaṁ vata me,“I’m so fortunate, so very fortunate!1.5satthā ca me bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho;My Teacher is the Blessed One, perfected, a fully awakened Buddha.1.6svākkhāte camhi dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito;Well explained is the teaching and training in which I have gone forth from the lay life to homelessness.1.7sabrahmacārino ca me sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā;My spiritual companions are ethical and of good character.1.8sīlesu camhi paripūrakārī;I have fulfilled the precepts.1.9susamāhito camhi ekaggacitto;My mind is unified and serene.1.10arahā camhi khīṇāsavo;I am a perfected one who has ended the defilements.1.11mahiddhiko camhi mahānubhāvo.I am of great might and power.1.12Bhaddakaṁ me jīvitaṁ, bhaddakaṁ maraṇan”ti.My life has been good, and my death will be good.”

2.1Atha kho bhagavā āyasmato upasenassa vaṅgantaputtassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:Then, knowing that Venerable Upasena’s train of thought, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

3.1“Yaṁ jīvitaṁ na tapati,∥“One who has no guilt in life,3.2maraṇante na socati;nor grief at facing death:3.3Sa ve diṭṭhapado dhīro,that attentive one who has seen the truth,3.4sokamajjhe na socati.grieves not among the grieving.

4.1Ucchinnabhavataṇhassa,∥For the mendicant with peaceful mind,4.2santacittassa bhikkhuno;who has cut off craving for continued existence,4.3Vikkhīṇo jātisaṁsāro,transmigration through births is finished,4.4natthi tassa punabbhavo”ti.there’ll be no more future lives for them.”

4.5Navamaṁ.