經律異相 23.43

23.43

佛住毘善離。語諸比丘。我聞尼中福德第一者。有尸利摩。時世飢饉乞食難得。時尸利摩比丘尼入城乞食。見比丘即問言。尊者得食不。比丘即以空鉢示之。便持己鉢中食與比丘。比丘得食還精舍。喚餘比丘共食。諸比丘問言。長老何處得是好食。答言。尸利摩比丘尼邊得。諸比丘聞已各各往索。如是次第乃至五百比丘。盡皆得食。然後自求。日時已過。失食還到精舍。明日晨朝。諸比丘復著衣持鉢。至比丘尼精舍門立。比丘尼見已即入。語尸利摩言。諸比丘今在門外相待。尸利摩聞已語弟子。取衣鉢來。我為諸上尊乞食。如是次第供給五百人已然後自求。日時復過失食而還。至第三日亦復如是。乃至次第供給五百人。唯一人未得。此比丘隨尸利摩後入一家。以先三日失食故。身體虛羸迷悶倒地（出僧祇律二十一卷十誦四分並同）。

The Buddha was residing in Vaiśālī. He addressed the bhikṣus: "I hear that among the bhikṣuṇīs, the foremost in merit is Śrīmā." At that time, there was a famine in the world, and it was difficult to obtain food by begging. At that time, the bhikṣuṇī Śrīmā entered the city to beg for food. Seeing a bhikṣu, she asked: "Venerable one, did you obtain food?" The bhikṣu showed her his empty bowl. She immediately took the food from her own bowl and gave it to the bhikṣu. The bhikṣu took the food and returned to the monastery, calling the other bhikṣus to eat together. The bhikṣus asked: "Elder, where did you obtain this good food?" He replied: "I obtained it from the bhikṣuṇī Śrīmā." Having heard this, the bhikṣus each went to seek food from her. In this sequence, up to five hundred bhikṣus all obtained food. Afterward, she sought food for herself, but the proper time had already passed; having missed the meal, she returned to the monastery. The next morning, the bhikṣus again donned their robes and took their bowls, standing at the gate of the bhikṣuṇīs' monastery. When a bhikṣuṇī saw them, she went inside and said to Śrīmā: "The bhikṣus are now waiting outside the gate." Hearing this, Śrīmā told her disciple: "Bring my robes and bowl; I will beg for food on behalf of the venerable ones." In this manner, having sequentially supplied five hundred people, she then sought food for herself. Again the proper time had passed; having missed the meal, she returned. On the third day, it was also like this, sequentially supplying up to five hundred people, with only one person who had not yet obtained food. This bhikṣu followed behind Śrīmā into a household. Because she had missed her meals for the preceding three days, her body was emaciated and weak, and she fainted and collapsed to the ground (Extracted from the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya, fascicle 21; the Daśabhāṇavāra and Dharmaguptaka Vinayas are also the same).