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9. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, in the Veḷuvana, the Kalandakanivāpa (the Squirrels' Feeding Ground). Then, while the Venerable Upasena Vaṅgantaputta was in private, gone into seclusion, a reflection arose in his mind thus: "It is truly a gain for me, it is truly well gained by me! My Teacher is the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One; and I have gone forth from the household life into homelessness in the well-proclaimed Dhamma and Discipline; and my companions in the holy life are virtuous, of good character; and I am one who has fulfilled the virtues (sīla); and I am well concentrated, with a one-pointed mind (citta); and I am an Arahant, one whose taints (āsava) are destroyed; and I am of great psychic power, of great might. Fortunate is my life; fortunate is my death."
Then the Blessed One, having known the reflection in the mind of the Venerable Upasena Vaṅgantaputta, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
"He whom life does not torment
does not sorrow at the end, in death;
if he is a wise one who has seen the state (diṭṭhapada),
he does not sorrow in the midst of sorrow.
For the bhikkhu who has cut off craving for existence (bhavataṇhā),
whose mind is at peace,
the round of births (jātisaṃsāra) is utterly exhausted:
for him there is no renewed existence."
The ninth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.