Dhammapada 3.5.p6

3.5.p6

Tepi naṃ āhaṃsu – ‘‘āvuso cittahattha, tava gamanasamayaṃ tvameva jāneyyāsi, imasmiṃ vāre te cirāyita’’nti. ‘‘Bhante, saṃsaggassa atthibhāvakāle gatamhā, so no saṃsaggo chinno, idāni agamanadhammā jātamhā’’ti. Bhikkhū satthu santikaṃ gantvā, ‘‘bhante, ayaṃ bhikkhu amhehi evaṃ vutto evaṃ nāma kathesi, aññaṃ byākaroti, abhūtaṃ vadatī’’ti āhaṃsu. Satthā ‘‘āma, bhikkhave, mama putto attano anavaṭṭhitacittakāle saddhammaṃ ajānanakāle gamanāgamanaṃ akāsi, idānissa puññañca pāpañca pahīna’’nti vatvā imā dve gāthā āha –

Thereupon they said to him, “Brother Cittahattha, doubtless you alone will decide when it is time for you to go away again; you have tarried here a long while this time.” “Reverend Sirs, when I was attached to the world, I went away; but now I have put away attachment to the world; I have no longer any desire to go away.” The monks went to the Teacher and said, “Reverend Sir, we said such and such to this monk, and he said such and such to us in reply. He utters falsehood, says what is not true.” The Teacher replied, “Yes, monks, when my son’s mind was unsteady, when he knew not the Good Law, then he went and came. But now he has renounced both good and evil.” So saying, he pronounced the following Stanzas,