1At Sāvatthī.

Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said: “I am Harmless, Master Gotama, I am Harmless!”

2“If you were really like your name,
then you’d be Harmless.
But a truly harmless person
does no harm by way of
body, speech, or mind;
they don’t harm anyone else.”

3When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Harmless said to the Buddha: “Excellent, Master Gotama! …” … And Venerable Bhāradvāja the Harmless became one of the perfected.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Atha kho ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "ahiṁsakāhaṁ, bho gotama, ahiṁsakāhaṁ, bho gotamā"ti.

2"Yathā nāmaṁ tathā cassa,
siyā kho tvaṁ ahiṁsako;
Yo ca kāyena vācāya,
manasā ca na hiṁsati;
Sa ve ahiṁsako hoti,
yo paraṁ na vihiṁsatī"ti.

3Evaṁ vutte, ahiṁsakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama … pe … abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā ahiṁsakabhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.