經律異相 23.24

23.24

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: