[447] 9. With hair plucked out, covered with dirt,
wearing but a single cloth, formerly I wandered,
conceiving fault in what was faultless,
and seeing the faulty as free of fault.
Having come out from my daytime rest,
on the mountain Gijjhakūṭa
I saw the stainless Buddha,
honored at the head of the Saṅgha of bhikkhus.
Bending my knee, I paid homage,
and face to face raised my joined palms (añjali).
"Come, Bhaddā," he said —
that was my full ordination (upasampadā).
Wandered through are Aṅga and Magadha,
Vajjī, Kāsi, and Kosala:
free of debt, for fifty years
I have eaten the alms-food of the land.
And much merit has he generated,
this wise lay follower (upāsaka),
who gave a robe to Bhaddā —
to her who is released from all ties (gantha).
Bhaddā Kuṇḍalā.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.