Udāna, Exalted Utterances

1: Bodhivaggo
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Bāhitvā pāpake dhamme, ye caranti sadā satā,
Those who, having removed bad things, live always mindful,
Khīṇasaṁyojanā Buddhā, 26 te ve lokasmiṁ brāhmaṇā” ti.
The Buddhas who have destroyed the fetters, truly they are brāhmaṇas in the
world.”
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
1-6: Kassapasuttaṁ (6)
The Discourse about Kassapa
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati,
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Rājagaha,
Veḷuvane Kalandakanivāpe. 27
in Bamboo Wood, at the Squirrels' Feeding Place.
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā Mahākassapo
Then at that time venerable Mahākassapa
Pipphaliguhāyaṁ viharati, ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.
was dwelling in the Pepper Cave, and was afflicted, suffering, and very sick.
Atha kho āyasmā Mahākassapo aparena samayena
Then venerable Mahākassapa at another time
tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhāsi.
arose from that affliction.
Atha kho āyasmato Mahākassapassa
° Then this occured to venerable Mahākassapa
26 Buddha is applied here to all who have attained Awakening: disciples, individual Buddhas, and Perfect
Sambuddhas.
27 Dr. Mark Allon points out in Style and Function that the openings of the discourses often have a
rhythmic structure (which he calls "loose veḍha" (e.g. pg. 246), but which I think would be better termed
prose gaṇa). If we read mĕ (which for syntactic reasons is preferable to Allon’s reading sutam), the
opening in this discourse can be scanned as follows:
−−¦⏑⏑−¦−−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑¦⏑⏑
Evaṁ mĕ sutaṁ: ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati
−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦−
Veḷuvane Kalandakanivāpe.
It should be noted, however, that not all the openings scan as well as this.
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