經律異相 5.10

5.10

過去久遠世時。佛名比婆葉。在槃頭摩跋城。王名槃頭。有婆羅門。名因提耆利。博達四韋。及諸算術。及婆羅門戒。教五百童子。王設會請佛供饌精美。眾有一比丘。名曰彌勒。病不能行食。竟為病人請食。梵志不與罵曰。髠頭沙門正應食馬麥。不應食如是甘美之供。時諸弟子曰。實爾。舍利弗。時婆羅門者我身是也。五百童子。今五百羅漢。是病比丘今彌勒是（出興起行經下）。

In the distant past, there was a Buddha named Vipaśyin who resided in the city of Bandhumatī; the king was named Bandhumant. There was a brāhmaṇa named Indragiri, who was widely versed in the four Vedas, various calculations, and the brāhmaṇa precepts, and he taught five hundred youths. The king arranged an assembly to invite the Buddha, offering exquisite delicacies. Among the assembly there was a bhikṣu named Maitreya, who was ill and unable to walk for food; after the meal, [another bhikṣu] requested food for the sick one. The brahmacārin would not give it, reviling him: 'Shaven-headed śramaṇas ought only to eat horse-barley, and should not eat such sweet and delicious offerings!' At that time his disciples said, 'Indeed so.' Śāriputra, the brāhmaṇa of that time was myself; the five hundred youths were the present five hundred arhats; and that sick bhikṣu was the present Maitreya. (From the lower fascicle of the Xingqixing jing.)