法苑珠林 58.23

58.23

Also, the *Nirvāṇa-sūtra* says: When the Buddha was in the world, there was a great elder in the city of Campā who had no heir. Together [with his wife] he served the six teachers to pray for a child. Soon after, his wife became pregnant. When the elder learned of this, he went to the six teachers and asked: "Is it a boy or a girl?" The six teachers replied: "It will definitely be a girl." The elder was distressed. Then an acquaintance said to the elder: "Have you not heard whose disciples the brothers Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa were? If the six teachers were omniscient, why would Kāśyapa abandon them to follow the Buddha?"