Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 13.3.22

13.3.22

爾時，竹膊婆羅門白世尊曰：「如是。世尊！有此諸惱，實苦不樂。所以然者，昔我有一子，捨我無常。晝夜追憶，不離心懷。時我念兒，心意狂惑，馳走東西，見人便問：『誰見我兒？』沙門瞿曇今所說者，誠如所言。國事煩多，欲還所止。」

The priest Nāḷijaṅgha then said to the Bhagavān, “So it is, Bhagavān. These torments are truly painful and unpleasant. Why is that? I once had a son who left me due to impermanence. I couldn’t stop thinking about him, day and night. He hasn’t left my heart. When I thought of that child, my mind was maddened. I rushed east and west and asked people I saw, ‘Has anyone seen my child?’ What the ascetic Gautama has said here is an honest statement. Now, I must get back to the many duties and problems of state.”