UD 7.8  Kaccāna sutta - Kaccāna

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahākaccāno bhagavato avidūre nisinno hoti pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya kāyagatāya satiyā ajjhattaṁ parimukhaṁ sūpaṭṭhitāya.

Thus have I heard—At one time, the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthi, in Jeta’s grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s park. Now, at that time, the venerable |Mahākaccāna::foremost disciple of the Buddha in explaining a brief instruction in detail; lit. great descendant of Kati [mahākaccāna]| was sitting not far from the Blessed One, having folded his legs in a |cross-legged sitting position::meditation posture [pallaṅka]|, aligning his body upright, and with |mindfulness immersed in the body::mindfulness related to the body, focused within [kāyagata + sati]|, |well-established::fully engaged [sūpaṭṭhita]| internally.

Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ mahākaccānaṁ avidūre nisinnaṁ pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya kāyagatāya satiyā ajjhattaṁ parimukhaṁ sūpaṭṭhitāya.

The Blessed One saw the venerable Mahākaccāna sitting not far away, having folded his legs in a cross-legged sitting position, aligning his body upright, and with mindfulness immersed in the body, well-established internally.

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:

Then, understanding the significance of this, the Blessed One at that time expressed this inspired utterance:

“Yassa siyā sabbadā sati,
Satataṁ kāyagatā upaṭṭhitā;
No cassa no ca me siyā,
Na bhavissati na ca me bhavissati;
Anupubbavihāri tattha so,
Kāleneva tare visattikan”ti.

“For whom mindfulness is always present,
continually established in the body;
‘It might not be, and it might not be mine,
it will not be, and it will not be mine;’ ^[1]
Dwelling successively on that,
he would, in time, cross over |attachment::ensnarement, entanglement [visattika]|.”