{"id":"ud2.7","title":"An Only Son","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud2.7","title":"An Only Son","units":[{"id":"ud2.7:0","sourceIds":["ud2.7:0.1","ud2.7:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 2.7\nEkaputtakasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 2.7\nAn Only Son"}},{"id":"ud2.7:1","sourceIds":["ud2.7:1.1","ud2.7:1.2","ud2.7:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena aññatarassa upāsakassa ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato hoti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time a certain lay follower’s dear and beloved only child passed away."}},{"id":"ud2.7:2","sourceIds":["ud2.7:2.1","ud2.7:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā upāsakā allavatthā allakesā divā divassa yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinne kho te upāsake bhagavā etadavoca:\n“kiṁ nu kho tumhe, upāsakā, allavatthā allakesā idhūpasaṅkamantā divā divassā”ti?","en":"Then in the middle of the day several lay followers with wet clothes and hair went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them:\n“Why, lay followers, have you come here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair?”"}},{"id":"ud2.7:3","sourceIds":["ud2.7:3.1","ud2.7:3.2","ud2.7:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, so upāsako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“mayhaṁ kho, bhante, ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato.\nTena mayaṁ allavatthā allakesā idhūpasaṅkamantā divā divassā”ti.","en":"The lay follower replied,\n“Sir, my dear and beloved only child has passed away.\nThat’s why we came here in the middle of the day with wet clothes and hair.”"}},{"id":"ud2.7:4","sourceIds":["ud2.7:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud2.7:5","sourceIds":["ud2.7:5.1","ud2.7:5.2","ud2.7:5.3","ud2.7:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Piyarūpassādagadhitāse,\nDevakāyā puthu manussā ca;\nAghāvino parijunnā,\nMaccurājassa vasaṁ gacchanti.","en":"“Hosts of gods and most human beings are bound\nto what seems dear and pleasant.\nGloomy and exhausted,\nthey fall under the sway of the King of Death."}},{"id":"ud2.7:6","sourceIds":["ud2.7:6.1","ud2.7:6.2","ud2.7:6.3","ud2.7:6.4","ud2.7:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ve divā ca ratto ca,\nAppamattā jahanti piyarūpaṁ;\nTe ve khaṇanti aghamūlaṁ,\nMaccuno āmisaṁ durativattan”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"The diligent, who day and night\ngive up what seems pleasant,\ndig out the root of gloom—\nDeath’s bait so hard to escape.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud2.7/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}