經律異相 23.24

23.24

有婆四吒婆羅門。母有六子。相續命終念子發狂。裸形被髮隨路而走。遙見世尊即得本心。慚愧羞恥斂身蹲坐。佛告阿難。取汝欝多羅僧與著聽法。阿難與衣著。至佛前稽首禮佛。佛為說法示教利喜。受三自歸成優婆夷。歡喜而去。其第七子後時命終。都不啼哭。時夫以偈問言。

There was a brāhmaṇa named Vāsiṣṭha whose mother had six sons. They died one after another; thinking of her children, she went mad, running along the road naked and with disheveled hair. Seeing the Bhagavat from afar, she regained her original sanity, felt ashamed and disgraced, and tucked her body down into a squat. The Buddha told Ānanda: “Take your uttarāsaṅga and give it to her to wear so she may listen to the Dharma.” Ānanda gave her the robe to wear, and she went before the Buddha, prostrated, and paid homage. The Buddha taught her the Dharma, instructing, encouraging, and delighting her. She received the three refuges, became an upāsikā, and departed rejoicing. Later, when her seventh son passed away, she did not weep at all. At that time, her husband asked her in verse: