Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 24.5.17

24.5.17

爾時，五人說此偈已，皆共默然。爾時，世尊至五比丘所，漸漸欲至。時，五比丘漸起來迎，或與敷座者，或與取水者。爾時，世尊即前就坐，作是思惟：「此是愚癡之人，竟不能全其本限。」爾時，五比丘稱世尊為卿，是時，世尊告五比丘曰：「汝等莫卿無上至真、等正覺。所以然者，我今已成無上至真、等正覺，已獲甘露善。自專念，聽吾法語。」

After the five monks spoke these verses, they all fell silent. When the Bhagavān arrived, he slowly approached the five monks. They got up to watch him come. Some of them prepared a seat; others fetched water. The Bhagavān then took the seat that was readied in front of them, and he thought, “These foolish men aren’t capable of keeping their own rules.”

The five monks then called the Bhagavān “friend,” and he told the five monks, “Don’t say ‘friend’ to an unsurpassed Tathāgata, a completely and correctly awakened one. Why is that? I’m an unsurpassed arhat, a completely and correctly awakened one who has gained the good of immortality. You should focus your thoughts and listen to my teaching.”