Sutta Nipāta 5.14 Udayamāṇavapucchā “Jhāyiṁ virajamāsīnaṁ, (iccāyasmā udayo) Katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ; Pāraguṁ sabbadhammānaṁ, Atthi pañhena āgamaṁ; Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūhi, Avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.

The Questions of the Young Brahmin Udaya

To the meditator sitting free from dust,

(said the venerable Udaya)

Who has done what is to be done, who is free from taints,

Who has gone beyond all phenomena:

“Pahānaṁ kāmacchandānaṁ, (udayāti bhagavā) Domanassāna cūbhayaṁ; Thinassa ca panūdanaṁ, Kukkuccānaṁ nivāraṇaṁ.

I have come with a question.

Tell me of liberation through final knowing,

The breaking apart of ignorance.

The abandoning of desire for sensual pleasures,

Upekkhāsatisaṁsuddhaṁ, dhammatakkapurejavaṁ; Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūmi, avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.

(Udaya, said the Fortunate One)

And of displeasure:both of these;

The dispelling of dullness,

The warding off of restlessness.

“Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko, kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ; Kissassa vippahānena, nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.

Purified by equanimity and mindfulness,

Preceded by reflection on the Dhamma:

This I declare as liberation through final knowing,

The breaking apart of ignorance.

By what is the world bound?

What is its wandering?

By the abandoning of what

Is it called ‘extinguishment?

“Nandisaṁyojano loko, vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ; Taṇhāya vippahānena, nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.

The world is bound by relishing;

Thought is its wandering.

By the abandoning of craving

It is called ‘extinguishment.

“Kathaṁ satassa carato, viññāṇaṁ uparujjhati; Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, taṁ suṇoma vaco tava”.

For one living mindfully in what way

Does consciousness cease?

We have come to ask the Fortunate One;

Let us hear your words.

“Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca, Vedanaṁ nābhinandato; Evaṁ satassa carato, Viññāṇaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

By not relishing feeling,

Internally and externally;

For one living mindfully in this way,

Consciousness ceases.

Udayamāṇavapucchā terasamā.

The questions of the young brahmin Udaya are the thirteenth.