[342] Then, as Upāli the barber (kappaka) was turning back, this thought occurred to him: "The Sakyans are fierce. Thinking, 'The princes have been sent away by this man,' they might even have me killed. But if these Sakyan princes are going to go forth (pabbajati) from the home life into homelessness, why then should not I?" He loosened the bundle, hung those goods upon a tree, and saying, "Whoever sees this, it is given to him indeed — let him take it," he approached those Sakyan princes.
Those Sakyan princes saw Upāli the barber coming from afar; and having seen him, they said this to Upāli the barber: "Why, good Upāli, have you turned back?"
"Here, young masters (ayyaputtā), as I was turning back, this thought occurred to me: 'The Sakyans are fierce. Thinking, "The princes have been sent away by this man," they might even have me killed. But if these Sakyan princes are going to go forth from the home life into homelessness, why then should not I?' So I, young masters, loosened the bundle, hung those goods upon a tree, and saying, 'Whoever sees this, it is given to him indeed — let him take it,' I turned back from there."
"You have done well, good Upāli, in that you turned back. The Sakyans are fierce; thinking, 'The princes have been sent away by this man,' they might even have you killed."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.