[12] Then the mother and father of Sudinna, the son of Kalanda, said this to Sudinna the Kalandaputta: "You, dear Sudinna, are our only son, dear and agreeable, brought up in comfort, reared in comfort. You, dear Sudinna, know nothing of suffering (dukkha). Even by your death we would be parted from you unwillingly—how then could we permit you, while you yet live, to go forth (pabbajjā) from the home life into homelessness? Rise up, dear Sudinna! Eat, drink, and amuse yourself. Eating, drinking, and amusing yourself, enjoying sensual pleasures and making merit, take your delight. We do not permit you to go forth from the home life into homelessness."
When this was said, Sudinna the Kalandaputta remained silent.
A second time … A third time the mother and father of Sudinna the Kalandaputta said this to Sudinna the Kalandaputta: "You, dear Sudinna, are our only son, dear and agreeable, brought up in comfort, reared in comfort. You, dear Sudinna, know nothing of suffering. Even by your death we would be parted from you unwillingly—how then could we permit you, while you yet live, to go forth from the home life into homelessness? Rise up, dear Sudinna! Eat, drink, and amuse yourself. Eating, drinking, and amusing yourself, enjoying sensual pleasures and making merit, take your delight. We do not permit you to go forth from the home life into homelessness."
A third time Sudinna the Kalandaputta remained silent.
[Footnote in the Pali text: "pabbajjāyā" is also a reading.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.