Udāna, Exalted Utterances

1: Bodhivaggo
1-3: Tatiyabodhisuttaṁ (3)
The Third Discourse about the Awakening (Tree)
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Uruvelāyaṁ viharati,
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Uruvelā,
najjā Nerañjarāya tīre Bodhirukkhamūle paṭhamābhisambuddho.
on the bank of the river Nerañjarā, at the root of the Awakening tree, in the first
(period) after attaining Awakening.
Tena kho pana samayena Bhagavā
Then at that time the Gracious One
sattāhaṁ ekapallaṅkena nisinno hoti vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī.
was sitting in one cross-legged posture for seven days experiencing the happiness of
freedom.
Atha kho Bhagavā tassa sattāhassa accayena,
Then with the passing of those seven days, the Gracious One,
tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhahitvā, rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ,
after arising from that concentration, for the last watch of the night,
paṭiccasamuppādaṁ anulomapaṭilomaṁ sādhukaṁ manasākāsi:
applied his mind thoroughly to conditional origination in forward and reverse order:
“Iti imasmiṁ sati idaṁ hoti, imassuppādā idaṁ uppajjati,
“This being so, that is; from the arising of this, that arises,
imasmiṁ asati idaṁ na hoti, imassa nirodhā idaṁ nirujjhati,
this not being so, that is not; from the ceasing of this, that ceases,
yadidaṁ: avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā,
that is to say: with ignorance as condition there are (volitional) processes,
saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ,
with (volitional) processes as condition: consciousness,
viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṁ,
with consciousness as condition: mind and bodily form,
nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ,
with mind and bodily form as condition: the six sense spheres,
saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso,
with the six sense spheres as condition: contact,
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