The King of Kosala
At Sāvatthī, King Pasenadi of Kosala is sitting with the Buddha when a man whispers to him that Queen Mallikā has died. The king is miserable and sad, his shoulders drooping, with nothing to say. Seeing this, the Buddha tells him that five things cannot be had by anyone in the world, beginning with the wish that what is subject to old age should not grow old. The rest of the teaching is given in abbreviated form and is the same as the previous discourse, ending with the line that sorrowing and lamenting do not do even a little good.
A note on this text. Given in abbreviated form with ellipses pointing back to AN 5.48; mentions gods and Māra in the opening line of the teaching.
The full text
Numbered Discourses 5.49 · 5. With King Muṇḍa · The King of Kosala · translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · public domain (CC0) · about 1 min · on SuttaCentral
At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side.
Then a man went up to the king and whispered in his ear, “Your Majesty, Queen Mallikā has passed away.” When this was said, King Pasenadi was miserable and sad. He sat with his shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say.
Knowing this, the Buddha said to him, “Great king, there are five things that cannot be had by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world. What five? That someone liable to old age should not grow old. … Sorrowing and lamenting doesn’t do even a little bit of good … ‘The deed is powerful. What can I do now?’”