Dhammapada 2.3.p6

2.3.p6

Imaṃ ekaṃ gāthaṃ catūhi māsehi uggaṇhituṃ nāsakkhi. So kira kassapasammāsambuddhakāle pabbajitvā paññavā hutvā aññatarassa dandhabhikkhuno uddesaggahaṇakāle parihāsakeḷiṃ akāsi. So bhikkhu tena parihāsena lajjito neva uddesaṃ gaṇhi, na sajjhāyamakāsi. Tena kammena ayaṃ pabbajitvāva dandho jāto, gahitagahitaṃ padaṃ uparūparipadaṃ gaṇhantassa nassati. Tassa imameva gāthaṃ uggahetuṃ vāyamantassa cattāro māsā atikkantā. Atha naṃ mahāpanthako, ‘‘cūḷapanthaka, tvaṃ imasmiṃ sāsane abhabbo, catūhi māsehi ekaṃ gāthampi gaṇhituṃ na sakkosi, pabbajitakiccaṃ pana kathaṃ matthakaṃ pāpessasi, nikkhama ito’’ti vihārā nikkaḍḍhi. Cūḷapanthako buddhasāsane sinehena gihibhāvaṃ na pattheti.

It seems that, in the dispensation of the Supremely Enlightened Kassapa, he possessed great wisdom, but that, after entering the religious life, he ridiculed and made fun of a certain monk who was a dullard, while the latter was trying to learn the Sacred Word; and that this monk, embarrassed by the ridicule to which he was subjected, was unable either to learn the passage by heart or even to repeat it. As the result of that act, Little Wayman was reborn as a dullard, and every sentence he learned put the preceding sentence out of his mind; indeed four months passed while he was striving to learn this one Stanza.

Thereupon Big Wayman said to his brother, “Little Wayman, it is not in your power to master this religion. In four months you have not been able to learn a single Stanza. How can you ever hope to reach the goal of the Religious Life? Leave the monastery at once.” So saying, he expelled his brother from the Order. But Little Wayman was sincerely attached to the Religion of the Buddha, and the last thing in the world he wished to do was to leave the Order and return to the life of a householder.