[347] 1.
Having seen the marvels of Gotama the glorious,
still I did not straightaway bow down,
deceived by envy and conceit.
Knowing my thought, the charioteer of men admonished me;
then a sense of urgency (saṃvega) arose in me,
wondrous, making the hair stand on end.
Whatever slight success (siddhi) was mine before,
when I was a matted-hair ascetic (jaṭila),
casting that aside, I then went forth
in the Conqueror's dispensation.
Formerly content with sacrifice,
holding the element of sensuality (kāmadhātu) before me,
afterwards I uprooted lust (rāga),
hatred, and delusion.
I know my former abodes;
the divine eye (dibbacakkhu) has been purified;
possessed of supernormal power (iddhi), a knower of others' minds,
I have attained also the divine ear (dibbasota).
And the goal for the sake of which I went forth
from home into homelessness —
that goal has been attained by me:
the destruction of all fetters (saṃyojana).
The Elder Uruvelakassapa.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.