分別功德論 4.17

4.17

他羅婆摩比丘勸率施立齋講者，佛委僧事分部所宜，契經契經一處、毘尼毘尼一處、大法大法一處、坐禪坐禪一處、高座高座一處、乞食乞食一處、教化教化一處，隨事部分各使相從。若有檀越來請者，以次差遣不問高下。若有私請者，不聽在此例。時檀越請盡，六群比丘次值貧家懷恨而還，向佛怨言：「摩羅見欺。自受好處，見遣貧家，豈是平等耶？」佛命摩羅：「卿實爾耶？」答曰：「不也。」于時無食，日欲差中，便和牛屎飲以當齋。聞六群語，無以自明，即於佛前吐此糞漿。六群慚愧，二人感結漏盡、二人還為白衣、二人面孔出沸血命終墮阿鼻也。齋講者，齋集部眾、綜習所宜，善能勸成故，稱第一也。

The monk Dabba Mallaputta encouraged and directed the provision of fasting assemblies and discourses. The Buddha entrusted the affairs of the Saṅgha to him, dividing the groups according to what was appropriate: those [devoted to] the sūtras in one place, the vinaya in one place, the Mahāyāna in one place, sitting in meditation in one place, high seats in one place, begging for food in one place, and teaching and conversion in one place, organizing them according to their activities so that each followed their own kind. If dānapatis came to issue invitations, he assigned and dispatched them in proper sequence without inquiring whether [the household] was high or low. If there was a private invitation, it was not permitted in this arrangement. Once, when the dānapatis' invitations were exhausted, the group of six monks happened by their turn to receive a poor family. Harboring resentment, they returned and complained to the Buddha, saying: "Mallaputta has deceived us. He himself receives good places, while we are sent to a poor house. How is this fair?" The Buddha summoned Mallaputta: "Is this truly so with you?" He replied: "No." At that time there was no food and the day was approaching noon; he had mixed cow dung [in water] and drunk it to serve as his midday meal. Hearing the words of the group of six, having no other way to clear himself, he immediately vomited this dung-broth before the Buddha. The group of six were ashamed: two were deeply moved and attained the exhaustion of outflows; two returned to the white robes [of lay life]; and two, with boiling blood pouring from their faces, died and fell into Avīci. As for 'fasting and discourses', it means assembling the assemblies of the divisions and synthesizing their appropriate practices. Because he was skilled at encouraging and accomplishing this, he is called foremost.