1At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. The brahmin Bharadvāja the Fiend heard a rumor effect that a brahmin of the Bharadvāja clan had gone forth from the lay life to homelessness in the presence of the ascetic Gotama. Angry and displeased he went to the Buddha and abused and insulted him with rude, harsh words.

But when he said this, the Buddha kept silent.

Then Bharadvāja the Fiend said to the Buddha: “You’re beaten, ascetic, you’re beaten!”

2“‘Ha! I won!’ thinks the fool,
when speaking with harsh words.
Patience is the true victory
for those who understand.

3When you get angry at an angry person
you just make things worse for yourself.
When you don’t get angry at an angry person
you win a battle hard to win.

4When you know that the other is angry,
you act for the good of both
yourself and the other
if you’re mindful and stay calm.

5People unskilled in Dhamma
consider one who heals both
oneself and the other
to be a fool.”

5When he had spoken, Bharadvāja the Fiend said to the Buddha: “Excellent, Master Gotama! …” … And Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected.

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe vihārati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Assosi kho asurindakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo: "bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo kira samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito"ti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ asabbhāhi pharusāhi vācāhi akkosati paribhāsati.

Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā tuṇhī ahosi.

Atha kho asurindakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "jitosi, samaṇa, jitosi, samaṇā"ti.

2"Jayaṁ ve maññati bālo,
vācāya pharusaṁ bhaṇaṁ;
Jayañcevassa taṁ hoti,
yā titikkhā vijānato.

3Tasseva tena pāpiyo,
yo kuddhaṁ paṭikujjhati;
Kuddhaṁ appaṭikujjhanto,
saṅgāmaṁ jeti dujjayaṁ.

4Ubhinnamatthaṁ carati,
attano ca parassa ca;
Paraṁ saṅkupitaṁ ñatvā,
yo sato upasammati.

5Ubhinnaṁ tikicchantānaṁ,
attano ca parassa ca;
Janā maññanti bāloti,
ye dhammassa akovidā"ti.

6Evaṁ vutte, asurindakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama … pe … abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.