[45] 8. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park. Now on that occasion the Venerable Saṅgāmaji had arrived at Sāvatthī to see the Blessed One. The former wife (purāṇadutiyikā) of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji heard: "Master Saṅgāmaji, it is said, has arrived at Sāvatthī." Taking the child, she went to the Jetavana. Now on that occasion the Venerable Saṅgāmaji was sitting at the foot of a certain tree for the day's abiding. Then the former wife of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji approached the Venerable Saṅgāmaji, and having approached, she said this to the Venerable Saṅgāmaji: "Ascetic (samaṇa), support me, for I have a little son!" When this was said, the Venerable Saṅgāmaji remained silent. A second time the former wife of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji said this to the Venerable Saṅgāmaji: "Ascetic, support me, for I have a little son!" A second time the Venerable Saṅgāmaji remained silent. A third time the former wife of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji said this to the Venerable Saṅgāmaji: "Ascetic, support me, for I have a little son!" A third time the Venerable Saṅgāmaji remained silent. Then the former wife of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji, taking the child, set him down in front of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji and departed, saying: "This, ascetic, is your son. Support him!" Then the Venerable Saṅgāmaji neither looked at the child nor spoke to him. Then the former wife of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji, having gone a short distance away, looked back and saw the Venerable Saṅgāmaji neither looking at the child nor speaking to him. On seeing this, it occurred to her: "This ascetic has no need even of his son." Turning back from there, she took the child and departed. And the Blessed One — with the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), purified and surpassing the human — saw such unseemly conduct as this on the part of the Venerable Saṅgāmaji's former wife. Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
He does not delight in her coming; he does not sorrow at her going;
Saṅgāmaji, freed from the tie (saṅga) — him I call a brahmin (brāhmaṇa).
The eighth.
[Footnotes of the Siam edition on this page: ¹ M(aramma) and Yu(ropean) eds.: "pakkūlo ti"; ² M., Yu.: "etaṁ"; ³ Yu.: "bakkulañca .."; ⁴ M., Yu.: "divāvihāraṁ" (Siam: "divāvihāre").]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.