1Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Saketa in the Añjana Grove, the Deer Park. Then, when the night had advanced, the young deva Kakudha, of stunning beauty, illuminating the entire Añjana Grove, approached the Blessed One. Having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One, stood to one side, and said to him:

"Do you delight, ascetic?"

"Having gained what, friend?"

"Then, ascetic, do you sorrow?"

"What has been lost, friend?"

"Then, ascetic, do you neither delight nor sorrow?"

"Yes, friend."

2v.305 "I hope that you’re untroubled, bhikkhu.
I hope no delight is found in you.
I hope that when you sit all alone
Discontent doesn’t spread over you." [n.169] The texts show variations between anagho, anigho, and anigho in pāda a of p3–5, here and below. Ee2 uses anigho throughout.

3v.306 "Truly, I’m untroubled, spirit,
Yet no delight is found in me.
And when I’m sitting all alone
Discontent doesn’t spread over me."

4v.307 "How are you untroubled, bhikkhu?
How is no delight found in you?
How come, when you sit all alone,
Discontent doesn’t spread over you?"

5v.308 "Delight comes to one who is miserable,
Misery to one filled with delight.
As a bhikkhu undelighted, untroubled:
That's how you should know me, friend."

6v.309 "After a long time at last I see
A brahmin who is fully quenched,
A bhikkhu undelighted, untroubled,
Who has crossed over attachment to the world." [n.170] The verse differs from v. 1 in pāda c only.

1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—​ ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete vihārati 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:

"nandasi, samaṇā"ti?

"Kiṁ laddhā, āvuso"ti?

"Tena hi, samaṇa, socasī"ti?

"Kiṁ jīyittha, āvuso"ti?

"Tena hi, samaṇa, neva nandasi na ca socasī"ti?

"Evamāvuso"ti.

2"Kacci tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,
kacci nandī na vijjati;
Kacci taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī"ti.

3"Anagho ve ahaṁ yakkha,
atho nandī na vijjati;
Atho maṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī"ti.

4"Kathaṁ tvaṁ anagho bhikkhu,
kathaṁ nandī na vijjati;
Kathaṁ taṁ ekamāsīnaṁ,
aratī nābhikīratī"ti.

5"Aghajātassa ve nandī,
nandījātassa ve aghaṁ;
Anandī anagho bhikkhu,
evaṁ jānāhi āvuso"ti.

6"Cirassaṁ vata passāmi,
brāhmaṇaṁ parinibbutaṁ;
Anandiṁ anaghaṁ bhikkhuṁ,
tiṇṇaṁ loke visattikan"ti.