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.1.3Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,1.4“bhikkhavo”ti.“Mendicants!”1.5“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.“Venerable sir,” they replied.1.6Bhagavā etadavoca:The Buddha said this:

2.1“Dabbassa, bhikkhave, mallaputtassa vehāsaṁ abbhuggantvā ākāse antalikkhe pallaṅkena nisīditvā tejodhātuṁ samāpajjitvā vuṭṭhahitvā parinibbutassa sarīrassa jhāyamānassa ḍayhamānassa neva chārikā paññāyittha na masi.“Mendicants, when Dabba the Mallian rose into the air and, sitting cross-legged in midair, entered and withdrew from the fire element before becoming fully quenched, his body burning and combusting left neither ashes nor soot to be found.2.2Seyyathāpi nāma sappissa vā telassa vā jhāyamānassa ḍayhamānassa neva chārikā paññāyati na masi;It’s like when ghee or oil blaze and burn, and neither ashes nor soot are found.2.3evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dabbassa mallaputtassa vehāsaṁ abbhuggantvā ākāse antalikkhe pallaṅkena nisīditvā tejodhātuṁ samāpajjitvā vuṭṭhahitvā parinibbutassa sarīrassa jhāyamānassa ḍayhamānassa neva chārikā paññāyittha na masī”ti.In the same way, when Dabba the Mallian rose into the air and, sitting cross-legged in midair, entered and withdrew from the fire element before becoming fully quenched, his body burning and combusting left neither ashes nor soot to be found.”

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“Ayoghanahatasseva,∥“Just as the glow of iron struck4.2jalato jātavedaso;by a hammer in the fire of Jātaveda4.3Anupubbūpasantassa,gradually dissipates,4.4yathā na ñāyate gati.its destiny unknown;

5.1Evaṁ sammāvimuttānaṁ,∥in the same way, for the rightly released,5.2kāmabandhoghatārinaṁ;who have crossed the flood of sensual bonds,5.3Paññāpetuṁ gati natthi,there is no destination to describe—5.4pattānaṁ acalaṁ sukhan”ti.they have found unshakable happiness.”

5.5Dasamaṁ.

5.6Pāṭaligāmiyavaggo aṭṭhamo.

6.0Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Nibbānā caturo vuttā,6.2cundo pāṭaligāmiyā;6.3Dvidhāpatho visākhā ca,6.4dabbena saha te dasāti.

7.0Udāne vaggānamuddānaṁ

7.1Vaggamidaṁ paṭhamaṁ varabodhi,7.2Vaggamidaṁ dutiyaṁ mucalindo;7.3Nandakavaggavaro tatiyo tu,7.4Meghiyavaggavaro ca catuttho.

8.1Pañcamavaggavarantidha soṇo,8.2Chaṭṭhamavaggavaranti jaccandho;8.3Sattamavaggavaranti ca cūḷo,8.4Pāṭaligāmiyamaṭṭhamavaggo.

9.1Asītimanūnakasuttavaraṁ,9.2Vaggamidaṭṭhakaṁ suvibhattaṁ;9.3Dassitaṁ cakkhumatā vimalena,9.4Addhā hi taṁ udānamitīdamāhu.

9.5Udānapāḷi niṭṭhitā.The Heartfelt Sayings are finished.