Dhammapada 10.4.p2

10.4.p2

Tassa kira pabbajitadivasato paṭṭhāya ekaṃ itthirūpaṃ therena saddhiṃyeva vicarati. Taṃ thero na passati, mahājano pana passati. Antogāmaṃ piṇḍāya caratopissa manussā ekaṃ bhikkhaṃ datvā, ‘‘bhante, ayaṃ tumhākaṃ hotu, ayaṃ pana tumhākaṃ sahāyikāyā’’ti vatvā dutiyampi dadanti.

The story goes that from the day Kuṇḍadhāna became a monk a certain female form accompanied the Elder wherever he went. The Elder himself never saw her, but everybody else saw her. Indeed, whenever the Elder made an alms-pilgrimage in a village, the inhabitants would first give the Elder a portion of alms, saying, “Reverend Sir, this is for you;” and then they would give the woman a second portion of alms, saying, “And this is for our female friend.”