法苑珠林 54.17

54.17

今與汝此偈。若彼瞋恚嫌食惡時。便在其邊背面微誦令其得聞。作是教已便還本國。是奴送主去已。每至食時還復瞋恚。婦於夫邊試誦其偈。夫聞是偈心即不喜。便作是念。咄是老物發我臭穢。從是已後常作軟語求婦不瞋。恐婦向人說其陰私。佛告諸比丘。時本主弗盧醯婆羅門者。即我身是。時奴迦羅呵者。今闡陀比丘是。彼於爾時已曾恃我凌他。今復如是。恃我勢力凌易他人。

“Now I give you this verse. If he becomes angry and complains that the food is bad, stand by his side with your back turned and softly recite it so that he can hear it.” Having given this instruction, he returned to his home country. After this slave saw his master off, whenever mealtime came, he was angry again as before. Beside her husband, the wife tested reciting the verse. Hearing this verse, the husband's mind was displeased, and he thought, “Alas! This old thing has exposed my foul secret!” From then on, he always spoke gentle words and pleaded with his wife not to be angry, fearing that his wife would tell others his secret affairs. The Buddha told the bhikṣus: “The former master, the brāhmaṇa Philohi at that time, was myself; the slave Kalaha at that time is now the bhikṣu Chanda. At that time, he already relied on me to bully others; now he is just the same, relying on my power to mistreat others.”