[537] Now on that occasion many dice-gamblers were playing at dice not far from the Blessed One. Then that householder approached those dice-gamblers; having approached, he said to those dice-gamblers: "Just now, sirs, I approached the ascetic Gotama; having approached and paid homage to the ascetic Gotama, I sat down to one side. And as I sat to one side, sirs, the ascetic Gotama said this to me: 'Householder, your faculties (indriya) are not those of one who is steady in his own mind (citta); there is an alteration in your faculties.' When this was said, sirs, I said to the ascetic Gotama: 'How, venerable sir, could there not be an alteration in my faculties? For my dear and beloved only little son has died, and since his death my work does not appeal to me, food does not appeal to me. Going again and again to the cremation ground (āḷahana), I wail: "Where are you, my only little son? Where are you, my only little son?"' [He said:] 'So it is, householder! So it is, householder! For sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair (soka-parideva-dukkha-domanassa-upāyāsa) are born from what is dear; they arise from what is dear.' [I said:] 'How, venerable sir, could this ever be so — that sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are born from what is dear, arise from what is dear? For indeed, venerable sir, joy and gladness are born from what is dear; they arise from what is dear.' Then, sirs, neither delighting in nor rejecting the ascetic Gotama's statement, I rose from my seat and departed."
[The dice-gamblers said:] "So it is, householder! So it is, householder! For joy and gladness are born from what is dear; they arise from what is dear."
Then that householder, [thinking] "I am in agreement with the dice-gamblers," departed.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.