Dhammapada 2.1.p1

2.1.p1

Appamādo amatapadanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā kosambiṃ upanissāya ghositārāme viharanto sāmāvatippamukhānaṃ pañcannaṃ itthisatānaṃ, māgaṇḍiyappamukhānañca etissā pañcannaṃ ñātisatānaṃ maraṇabyasanaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Heedfulness is the Way to the Deathless. This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Ghosita monastery near Kosambi, and it was with reference to the loss by death of the five hundred women led by Sāmāvatī and of Māgandiyā and her five hundred kinswomen. From beginning to end the story is as follows: