Kakudhasutta — Reader

With Kakudha

Kakudhasutta

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood. Then, late at night, the glorious godling Kakudha, lighting up the entire Añjana Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye. Atha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ añjanavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Do you delight, ascetic?” “What have I gained, sir?” “Well then, ascetic, do you sorrow?” “What have I lost, sir?”

“nandasi, samaṇā”ti? “Kiṁ laddhā, āvuso”ti? “Tena hi, samaṇa, socasī”ti? “Kiṁ jīyittha, āvuso”ti?

“Well then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?” “Yes, sir.” “I hope you’re not gloomy, mendicant, I hope that delight isn’t found in you.

“Tena hi, samaṇa, neva nandasi na ca socasī”ti? “Evamāvuso”ti. “Kacci tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu, kacci nandī na vijjati;

I hope that discontent doesn’t overwhelm you as you sit alone.” “I’m genuinely not gloomy, spirit, and no delight is found in me.

Kacci taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ, aratī nābhikīratī”ti. “Anagho ve ahaṁ yakkha, atho nandī na vijjati;

And also discontent doesn’t overwhelm me as I sit alone.” “How are you not gloomy, mendicant? How is delight not found in you?

Atho maṁ ekamāsīnaṁ, aratī nābhikīratī”ti. “Kathaṁ tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu, kathaṁ nandī na vijjati;

How does discontent not overwhelm you as you sit alone?” “Delight is born from gloom, gloom is born from delight;

Kathaṁ taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ, aratī nābhikīratī”ti. “Aghajātassa ve nandī, nandījātassa ve aghaṁ;

sir, you should know me as a mendicant free of delight and gloom.” “After a long time I see a brahmin fully quenched.

Anandī anagho bhikkhu, evaṁ jānāhi āvuso”ti. “Cirassaṁ vata passāmi, brāhmaṇaṁ parinibbutaṁ;

A mendicant free of delight and gloom, he has crossed over clinging to the world.”

Anandiṁ anaghaṁ bhikkhuṁ, tiṇṇaṁ loke visattikan”ti.