[626] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa dhanañjānī nāma brāhmaṇī abhippasannā hoti buddhe ca dhamme ca saṅghe ca.

[627] Atha kho dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa bhattaṃ upasaṃharantī upakkamitvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ... Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassāti . evaṃ vutte bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo dhanañjāniṃ brāhmaṇiṃ etadavoca evamevaṃ panāyaṃ vasalī yasmiṃ vā tasmiṃ vā tassa muṇḍakassa samaṇassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati idāni tyāhaṃ vasali tassa satthuno vādaṃ āropessāmīti . na khvāhantaṃ brāhmaṇa passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yo tassa bhagavato vādaṃ āropeyya arahato sammāsambuddhassa apica tvaṃ brāhmaṇa gaccha gantvāpi jānissasīti.

[628] Atha kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi kiṃsu chetvā sukhaṃ seti kiṃsu chetvā na socati kissassa ekadhammassa vadhaṃ rocesi gotamāti.

[629] Kodhaṃ chetvā sukhaṃ seti kodhaṃ chetvā na socati kodhassa visamūlassa madhuraggassa brāhmaṇa vadhaṃ ariyā pasaṃsanti tañhi chetvā na socatīti.