1At Sāvatthī.

Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of the Matted Hair 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 addressed the Buddha in verse:

2“Matted hair within, matted hair without:
these people are tangled up in matted hair.
I ask you this, Gotama:
who can untangle this tangled mass?”

3“A wise man grounded in ethics,
developing the mind and wisdom,
a keen and alert mendicant,
can untangle this tangled mass.

4For those who have discarded
greed, hate, and ignorance —
the perfected ones with defilements ended —
the tangle has been untangled.

5Where name and form
cease with nothing left over;
and impingement and perception of form:
it’s there that the tangle is cut.”

6When he had spoken, Bhāradvāja of the Matted Hair said to the Buddha: “Excellent, Master Gotama! …” … And Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

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

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho jaṭābhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

2"Antojaṭā bahijaṭā,
Jaṭāya jaṭitā pajā;
Taṁ taṁ gotama pucchāmi,
Ko imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭan"ti.

3"Sīle patiṭṭhāya naro sapañño,
Cittaṁ paññañca bhāvayaṁ;
Ātāpī nipako bhikkhu,
So imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭaṁ.

4Yesaṁ rāgo ca doso ca,
avijjā ca virājitā;
Khīṇāsavā arahanto,
tesaṁ vijaṭitā jaṭā.

5Yattha nāmañca rūpañca,
asesaṁ uparujjhati;
Paṭighaṁ rūpasaññā ca,
etthesā chijjate jaṭā"ti.

6Evaṁ vutte, jaṭābhāradvājo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama … pe … aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosī"ti.