1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti āyasmatā nāgasamālena pacchāsamaṇena.At one time the Buddha was traveling along a road in the Kosalan lands with Venerable Nāgasamāla as his second monk.1.3Addasā kho āyasmā nāgasamālo antarāmagge dvidhāpathaṁ.Nāgasamāla saw a fork in the road1.4Disvāna bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:and said to the Buddha,1.5“ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavā pantho;“Sir, this is the road,1.6iminā gacchāmā”ti.let us go this way.”1.7Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā āyasmantaṁ nāgasamālaṁ etadavoca:But when he said this the Buddha responded,1.8“ayaṁ, nāgasamāla, pantho;“Nāgasamāla, this is the road,1.9iminā gacchāmā”ti.let us go this way.”

2.1Dutiyampi kho …pe…For a second time …2.2tatiyampi kho āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:For a third time Nāgasamāla said to the Buddha,2.3“ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavā pantho;“Sir, this is the road,2.4iminā gacchāmā”ti.let us go this way.”2.5Tatiyampi kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ nāgasamālaṁ etadavoca:And for a third time the Buddha responded,2.6“ayaṁ, nāgasamāla, pantho;“Nāgasamāla, this is the road,2.7iminā gacchāmā”ti.let us go this way.”2.8Atha kho āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavato pattacīvaraṁ tattheva chamāyaṁ nikkhipitvā pakkāmi:Then Nāgasamāla put the Buddha’s bowl and robes down on the ground right there and left, saying,2.9“idaṁ, bhante, bhagavato pattacīvaran”ti.“Sir, here are your bowl and robes.”

3.1Atha kho āyasmato nāgasamālassa tena panthena gacchantassa antarāmagge corā nikkhamitvā hatthehi ca pādehi ca ākoṭesuṁ pattañca bhindiṁsu saṅghāṭiñca vipphālesuṁ.Then as Nāgasamāla was going down that road, he was set upon by bandits who struck him with fists and feet, broke his bowl, and tore up his outer robe.3.2Atha kho āyasmā nāgasamālo bhinnena pattena vipphālitāya saṅghāṭiyā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.Then Nāgasamāla—with his bowl broken and his outer robe torn—went to the Buddha and told him what had happened.3.3Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:3.4“idha mayhaṁ, bhante, tena panthena gacchantassa antarāmagge corā nikkhamitvā hatthehi ca pādehi ca ākoṭesuṁ, pattañca bhindiṁsu, saṅghāṭiñca vipphālesun”ti.

4.1Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

5.1“Saddhiṁ caramekato vasaṁ,∥“Walking together, dwelling as one,5.2Misso aññajanena vedagū;the knowledge master mixes with foolish folk.5.3Vidvā pajahāti pāpakaṁ,Knowing this, they give up wickedness,5.4Koñco khīrapakova ninnagan”ti.like a milk-drinking heron the water.”

5.5Sattamaṁ.