經律異相 41.11

41.11

爾時世尊入舍衛城。時有異婆羅門。年老根熟。執杖持鉢家家乞食。世尊告曰。汝何以爾。答言。瞿曇。我有財物悉已付子。為其取妻然後捨是。持鉢乞食。佛復告曰。汝能於我法受誦一偈。還為兒說。答佛能受。爾時世尊即說偈言。

At that time, the Bhagavat entered the city of Śrāvastī. There was a certain brāhmaṇa who was advanced in age and of mature faculties, holding a staff and carrying a bowl, begging for food from house to house. The Bhagavat asked him, "Why are you doing this?" He replied, "Gautama, all the wealth and property I had, I gave to my son. I took a wife for him, and after that I abandoned this [household life] to beg for food with an alms bowl." The Buddha again told him, "Can you receive and recite one stanza from my teaching, and go back and recite it to your son?" He replied to the Buddha that he could. The Bhagavat then spoke this verse: