諸經要集 16.17

16.17

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。恃我勢力凌易他人也。

'I now give you this verse. If he becomes angry and dislikes the food as bad, go beside him, turn your back, and chant it softly so that he can hear it.' Having given this instruction, he then returned to his own country. After this slave sent his master away, whenever it came time to eat, he would again become angry. The wife, beside her husband, tried chanting the verse. When the husband heard this verse, his heart was immediately displeased, and he thought: 'Bah! This old fellow has exposed my stench!' From then on, he always spoke gentle words, seeking to keep his wife from becoming angry, fearing that his wife would tell people his secrets. The Buddha told the monks: 'The former master, the brāhmaṇa Purohita at that time, was myself. The slave Kalaha at that time was the present monk Channa. At that time, he already relied on me to bully others; now it is also like this: he relies on my power and authority to mistreat others.'