Sutta Nipāta 5.12 Jatukaṇṇimāṇavapucchā “Sutvānahaṁ vīramakāmakāmiṁ, (iccāyasmā jatukaṇṇi) Oghātigaṁ puṭṭhumakāmamāgamaṁ; Santipadaṁ brūhi sahajanetta, Yathātacchaṁ bhagavā brūhi metaṁ.

The Question of the Youth Jatukaṇṇi

Having heard of the hero who has no desire for sensual pleasures,

(said the venerable Jatukaṇṇi),

I have come to ask the one who has crossed the flood, the one free from desire.

Bhagavā hi kāme abhibhuyya iriyati, Ādiccova pathaviṁ tejī tejasā; Parittapaññassa me bhūripañña, Ācikkha dhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ; Jātijarāya idha vippahānaṁ”.

Declare the state of peace, O one with innate vision;

Blessed One, tell me this exactly as it is.

For the Blessed One lives having overcome sensual pleasures,

as the brilliant sun overcomes the earth with its heat.

“Kāmesu vinaya gedhaṁ, (jatukaṇṇīti bhagavā) Nekkhammaṁ daṭṭhu khemato; Uggahītaṁ nirattaṁ vā, Mā te vijjittha kiñcanaṁ.

Explain the Dhamma to me, one of little wisdom, O one of vast wisdom,

so that I may know

the abandoning of birth and aging right here.

Dispel greed for sensual pleasures,

Yaṁ pubbe taṁ visosehi, pacchā te māhu kiñcanaṁ; Majjhe ce no gahessasi, upasanto carissasi.

(said the Blessed One to Jatukaṇṇi),

having seen renunciation as secure.

Let there be nothing found in you

that is grasped or rejected.

Dry up what lies in the past,

Sabbaso nāmarūpasmiṁ, Vītagedhassa brāhmaṇa; Āsavāssa na vijjanti, Yehi maccuvasaṁ vaje”ti.

and let there be nothing for you in the future.

If you do not grasp at the middle,

you will wander at peace.

For one who is completely devoid of greed

Jatukaṇṇimāṇavapucchā ekādasamā.

regarding name and form, brahmin,

there are no taints to be found

by which one would fall under the power of death.

The Question of the Youth Jatukaṇṇi is the eleventh.