Dhammapada 18.2.p2

18.2.p2

So kira ekadivasaṃ pātova nikkhamitvā bhikkhūnaṃ cīvarapārupanaṭṭhāne bhikkhū cīvaraṃ pārupante olokento aṭṭhāsi. Taṃ pana ṭhānaṃ virūḷhatiṇaṃ hoti. Athekassa bhikkhuno cīvaraṃ pārupantassa cīvarakaṇṇo tiṇesu pavaṭṭento ussāvabindūhi temi. Brāhmaṇo ‘‘imaṃ ṭhānaṃ appaharitaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti punadivase kuddālaṃ ādāya gantvā taṃ ṭhānaṃ tacchetvā khalamaṇḍalasadisaṃ akāsi. Punadivasepi taṃ ṭhānaṃ āgantvā bhikkhūsu cīvaraṃ pārupantesu ekassa cīvarakaṇṇaṃ bhūmiyaṃ patitvā paṃsumhi pavaṭṭamānaṃ disvā ‘‘idha vālukaṃ okirituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti cintetvā vālukaṃ āharitvā okiri.

The story goes that early one morning this Brahman went out of the city, stopped at the place where the monks put on their robes, and stood and watched them as they put on their robes. Now this place was thickly overgrown with grass. As one of the monks put on his robe, the skirt of the robe dragged through the grass and became wet with drops of dew. Thought the Brahman, "The grass should be cleared away from this place." So on the following day he took his mattock, went thither, cleared the place, and made it as clean and smooth as a threshing-floor. The day after, he went to that place again. As the monks put on their robes, he observed that the skirt of the robe of one of the monks dropped to the ground and dragged in the dust. Thought the Brahman, "Sand should be sprinkled here." So he brought sand and sprinkled it on the ground.