[65] Then the Blessed One addressed a certain bhikkhu: "Come, bhikkhu, address the bhikkhu Bhaddiya in my name: 'Friend Bhaddiya, the Teacher calls you.'"
"Yes, venerable sir," that bhikkhu replied to the Blessed One, and he approached the Venerable Bhaddiya, Kāḷigodhā's son; having approached, he said to the Venerable Bhaddiya, Kāḷigodhā's son: "Friend Bhaddiya, the Teacher calls you."
"Yes, friend," the Venerable Bhaddiya, Kāḷigodhā's son, replied to that bhikkhu, and he approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down at one side. As the Venerable Bhaddiya, Kāḷigodhā's son, was seated at one side, the Blessed One said to him: "Is it true, Bhaddiya, as they say, that whether gone to the forest, or gone to the root of a tree, or gone to an empty dwelling, you frequently utter the inspired utterance (udāna): 'Ah, what happiness! Ah, what happiness!'?"
"It is so, venerable sir."
"But perceiving what advantage, Bhaddiya, do you, whether gone to the forest, or gone to the root of a tree, or gone to an empty dwelling, frequently utter the inspired utterance: 'Ah, what happiness! Ah, what happiness!'?"
"Formerly, venerable sir, when as a householder I enjoyed the bliss of kingship, a guard was arranged within the inner palace, and a guard was arranged outside the inner palace; a guard was arranged within the city, and a guard was arranged outside the city; a guard was arranged within the country, and a guard was arranged outside the country. Yet I, venerable sir, though thus guarded and protected, dwelt fearful, anxious, distrustful, and alarmed. But now, venerable sir, whether gone to the forest, or gone to the root of a tree, or gone to an empty dwelling, alone, I am unafraid, unanxious, undistrustful, unalarmed; I dwell at ease, unruffled, subsisting on what others give, with a mind become like a wild deer's. Perceiving this advantage, venerable sir, whether gone to the forest, or gone to the root of a tree, or gone to an empty dwelling, I frequently utter the inspired utterance: 'Ah, what happiness! Ah, what happiness!'"
Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance:
In whom no angers lie within,
who has thus passed beyond existence of this kind or that (bhavābhava),
him — free from fear, happy, sorrowless —
the devas do not attain to see.
The tenth [sutta].
The Muccalinda Chapter, the second, [is concluded].
The summary (uddāna) thereof:
Muccalinda, the king, with the stick,
honor, and with the lay follower,
the pregnant woman and the only son,
Suppavāsā and Visākhā,
and Bhaddiya, Kāḷigodhā's son.
The third chapter in the Udāna: the Nanda Chapter.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.