Verses on Dhamma 25.12.p12

25.12.p12

So ‘‘ehi kho te, anuruddha, gharāvāsatthaṃ anusāsissāmi, paṭhamaṃ khettaṃ kasāpetabba’’ntiādinā nayena bhātarā vuttānaṃ kammantānaṃ apariyantabhāvaṃ sutvā ‘‘na me gharāvāsena attho’’ti mātaraṃ āpucchitvā bhaddiyapamukhehi pañcahi sākiyakumārehi saddhiṃ nikkhamitvā anupiyambavane satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā pabbaji. Pabbajitvā ca pana sammāpaṭipadaṃ paṭipanno anupubbena tisso vijjā sacchikatvā dibbena cakkhunā ekāsane nisinnova hatthatale ṭhapitaāmalakāni viya sahassalokadhātuyo olokanasamattho hutvā –

Said Mahānāma, “Come, Anuruddha, I will tell you what a man who lives the life of a householder must do. First you must cause the field to be plowed.” And beginning at the beginning, Mahānāma instructed his brother in the various duties. Now after Anuruddha had heard his brother enumerate the endless round of duties connected with the life of a householder, he said, “I have no use for the householder’s life.” So he asked leave of his mother to retire from the world and become a monk. And joining the five Sakyan princes, he went forth from the city with them, went to Anupiya Mango-grove, approached the Teacher, and retired from the world. Having retired from the world, he walked in the way of righteousness, and in due time realized Threefold Knowledge. Reclining on his solitary couch, able now by Supernatural Vision to survey the thousand worlds as easily as emblic myrobalans placed on the palm of the hand, he breathed forth the following Solemn Utterance: