Dhammapada 3.4.p6

3.4.p6

Atha naṃ daharā ca sāmaṇerā ca anubandhitvā ādāya satthu santikaṃ agamaṃsu. Satthā te bhikkhū disvāva ‘‘kiṃ, bhikkhave, āgatattha, eko vo bhikkhu laddho’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, bhante, imaṃ daharaṃ ukkaṇṭhitvā palāyantaṃ gahetvā tumhākaṃ santikaṃ āgatamhā’’ti. ‘‘Evaṃ kira bhikkhū’’ti? ‘‘Āma, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Kimatthaṃ te bhikkhu evaṃ bhāriyaṃ kammaṃ kataṃ, nanu tvaṃ āraddhavīriyassa ekassa buddhassa putto, mādisassa nāma buddhassa sāsane pabbajitvā attānaṃ dametvā sotāpannoti vā sakadāgāmīti vā anāgāmīti vā arahāti vā vadāpetuṃ nāsakkhi, kimatthaṃ evaṃ bhāriyaṃ kammamakāsī’’ti? ‘‘Ukkaṇṭhitosmi, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ kāraṇā ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti? So evaṃ vassāvāsikasāṭakānaṃ laddhadivasato paṭṭhāya yāva therassa tālavaṇṭena pahārā sabbaṃ taṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā, ‘‘iminā kāraṇena palātosmi, bhante’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘ehi bhikkhu, mā cintayi cittaṃ nāmetaṃ dūre hontampi ārammaṇaṃ sampaṭicchanakajātikaṃ, rāgadosamohabandhanā muccanatthāya vāyamituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

When the Teacher saw those monks, he asked them, "Monks, why have you come here? Have you captured a monk?" "Yes, Reverend Sir. This probationer became discontented and ran away, but we captured him and have brought him to you." "Monk, is what they say true?" "Yes, Reverend Sir." "Monk, why did you commit so grievous a fault? Are you not the son of a Buddha the powers of whose will are ever active? And once having retired from the world in the Religion of a Buddha like me, though you failed through self-conquest to win for yourself the title of one who has attained the Fruit of Conversion or the Fruit of the Second Path or the Fruit of the Third Path or Arahatship, yet for all that, why did you commit so grievous a fault as this?"

"I am discontented, Reverend Sir." "Why are you discontented?" In reply the younger monk related the whole story of his experiences, from the day he received the robes worn by monks in residence to the moment when he struck the Elder on the head with his palm-leaf fan. "Reverend Sir," said he, "that is why I ran away." Said the Teacher, "Come, monk; be not disturbed. The mind has a way of dwelling on subjects that are far off. One should strive to free it from the bonds of Lust, Hatred, and Delusion." So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,