[78] Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, in the Veḷuvana, the Kalandakanivāpa. Now on that occasion the Venerable Pilindavaccha was addressing the bhikkhus as "outcaste" (vasala). Then a number of bhikkhus approached the Blessed One; having approached, they paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, those bhikkhus said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, the Venerable Pilindavaccha addresses the bhikkhus as 'outcaste.'" Then the Blessed One addressed a certain bhikkhu: "Come, bhikkhu, address the bhikkhu Pilindavaccha in my name: 'Friend Vaccha, the Teacher summons you.'" "Yes, venerable sir," that bhikkhu replied to the Blessed One, and he approached the Venerable Pilindavaccha; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Pilindavaccha: "Friend, the Teacher summons you." "Yes, friend," the Venerable Pilindavaccha replied to that bhikkhu, and he approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. To the Venerable Pilindavaccha sitting to one side the Blessed One said this: "Is it true, Pilindavaccha, as it is said, that you address the bhikkhus as 'outcaste'?" "Yes, venerable sir," he replied.
Then the Blessed One, having directed his attention to the Venerable Pilindavaccha's former abodes (pubbenivāsa), addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, do not find fault with the bhikkhu Vaccha. It is not, bhikkhus, out of inner hatred (dosa) that Vaccha addresses the bhikkhus as 'outcaste.' For five hundred births in unbroken succession, bhikkhus, the bhikkhu Vaccha has been reborn in a brahmin family; that way of addressing others as 'outcaste' has long been his habit. That is why this Vaccha addresses the bhikkhus as 'outcaste.'"
Then the Blessed One, understanding this matter, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
In whom no deceit occurs, nor conceit,
whose greed (lobha) is destroyed, who is without "mine," without longing,
who has dispelled anger, whose self is fully quenched —
he is a brahmin, he is an ascetic, he is a bhikkhu.
The sixth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.