Ud 1.8

Saṅgāmajisutta

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā saṅgāmaji sāvatthiṁ anuppatto hoti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya. Assosi kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā: “ayyo kira saṅgāmaji sāvatthiṁ anuppatto”ti. Sā dārakaṁ ādāya jetavanaṁ agamāsi.

With Saṅgāmaji

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time Venerable Saṅgāmaji had arrived at Sāvatthī to see the Buddha. His former wife heard that he had arrived, and went to the Jetavana, taking their boy.

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā saṅgāmaji aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṁ nisinno hoti. Atha kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā yenāyasmā saṅgāmaji tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ etadavoca: “khuddaputtañhi, samaṇa, posa man”ti. Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā saṅgāmaji tuṇhī ahosi.

Now at that time Venerable Saṅgāmaji was sitting at the root of a tree for the day’s meditation. Then his former wife went up to him and said, “Ascetic, please raise this little boy.” When she said this, Saṅgāmaji kept silent.

Dutiyampi kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ etadavoca: “khuddaputtañhi, samaṇa, posa man”ti. Dutiyampi kho āyasmā saṅgāmaji tuṇhī ahosi.

For a second time she said, “Ascetic, please raise this little boy.” For a second time, Saṅgāmaji kept silent.

Tatiyampi kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ etadavoca: “khuddaputtañhi, samaṇa, posa man”ti. Tatiyampi kho āyasmā saṅgāmaji tuṇhī ahosi.

For a third time she said, “Ascetic, please raise this little boy.” For a third time, Saṅgāmaji kept silent.

Atha kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā taṁ dārakaṁ āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purato nikkhipitvā pakkāmi: “eso te, samaṇa, putto; posa nan”ti.

Then she put down the boy in front of Saṅgāmaji, saying, “This is your child, ascetic. Please raise him.”

Atha kho āyasmā saṅgāmaji taṁ dārakaṁ neva olokesi nāpi ālapi. Atha kho āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikā avidūraṁ gantvā apalokentī addasa āyasmantaṁ saṅgāmajiṁ taṁ dārakaṁ neva olokentaṁ nāpi ālapantaṁ, disvānassā etadahosi: “na cāyaṁ samaṇo puttenapi atthiko”ti. Tato paṭinivattitvā dārakaṁ ādāya pakkāmi. Addasā kho bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena āyasmato saṅgāmajissa purāṇadutiyikāya evarūpaṁ vippakāraṁ.

But Saṅgāmaji neither looked at the boy nor spoke to him. Then his former wife went a little distance away. Looking back, she saw Saṅgāmaji ignoring the boy, and thought, “This ascetic doesn’t even want his child.” She returned to pick up the boy, then left. With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, the Buddha saw how Saṅgāmaji’s former wife went back for the child.

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:

Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

“Āyantiṁ nābhinandati, pakkamantiṁ na socati; Saṅgā saṅgāmajiṁ muttaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇan”ti.

“When she came he was not glad, when she left he did not grieve. Victorious in battle, freed from chains, that’s who I declare a brahmin.”