[513] Prince, the Ājīvaka Upaka saw me travelling on the highway between Gayā and the Bodhi tree, and having seen me he said this: "Friend, your faculties are radiant; the colour of your skin is pure and bright. Under whom, friend, have you gone forth? Who is your teacher? Whose Dhamma do you profess?" When this was said, Prince, I addressed the Ājīvaka Upaka in verses:
"I am the conqueror of all, the knower of all,
unsullied among all dhammas,
having abandoned all, liberated in the destruction of craving (taṇhā);
having known for myself by direct knowledge, to whom should I point [as teacher]?
I have no teacher;
one like me does not exist;
in the world together with its devas
there is no person to rival me.
For I am the Arahant in the world;
I am the Teacher unsurpassed;
I alone am the Perfectly Awakened One;
I have become cool, I am quenched.
To set rolling the Wheel of Dhamma
I go to the city of the Kāsis;
in a world become blind
I shall beat the drum of the Deathless."
"As you claim, friend, you must be an infinite victor."
"Victors indeed are those like me,
who have attained the destruction of the taints (āsava);
evil states have been conquered by me —
therefore, Upaka, I am a victor."
When this was said, Prince, the Ājīvaka Upaka, saying "May it be so, friend," tossed up his head, wagged his tongue, took a wrong road, and departed.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.