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So mahānāmasakkassa kaniṭṭhabhātā, satthu cūḷapitu putto paramasukhumālo mahāpuñño ahosi. Ekadivasaṃ kira chasu khattiyesu pūve lakkhaṃ katvā guḷehi kīḷantesu anuruddho parājito pūvānaṃ atthāya mātu santikaṃ pahiṇi. Sā mahantaṃ suvaṇṇathālaṃ pūretvā pūve pesesi. Pūve khāditvā puna kīḷanto parājito tatheva pahiṇi. Evaṃ tikkhattuṃ pūvesu āhaṭesu catutthe vāre mātā ‘‘idāni pūvā natthī’’ti pahiṇi. Tassā vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘natthī’’ti padassa asutapubbatāya ‘‘natthipūvā nāma idāni bhavissantī’’ti saññaṃ katvā ‘‘gaccha natthipūve āharā’’ti pesesi. Athassa mātā ‘‘natthipūve kira, ayye, dethā’’ti vutte ‘‘mama puttena natthīti padaṃ na sutapubbaṃ, kathaṃ nu kho natthibhāvaṃ jānāpeyya’’nti suvaṇṇapātiṃ dhovitvā aparāya suvaṇṇapātiyā paṭikujjitvā ‘‘handa, tāta, imaṃ mama puttassa dehī’’ti pahiṇi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe nagarapariggāhikā devatā ‘‘amhākaṃ sāminā annabhārakāle upariṭṭhassa paccekabuddhassa bhāgabhattaṃ datvā ‘natthīti padameva na suṇeyya’nti patthanā nāma ṭhapitā. Sace mayaṃ tamatthaṃ ñatvā ajjhupekkheyyāma, muddhāpi no sattadhā phaleyyā’’ti cintetvā dibbapūvehi pātiṃ pūrayiṃsu. So puriso pātiṃ āharitvā tassa santike ṭhapetvā vivari. Tesaṃ gandho sakalanagaraṃ phari. Pūvo pana mukhe ṭhapitamattova sattarasaharaṇisahassāni pharitvā aṭṭhāsi. > Thus did Annabhāra become a friend of Treasurer Sumana. After performing works of merit to the end of his life, he passed from that state of existence and was reborn in the World of the Gods. After passing from one state of existence to another in the Worlds of the Gods and the world of men, he obtained a new conception in the dispensation of the present Buddha in the city of Kapilavatthu in the household of Amitodana the Sakyan. At the end of ten lunar months his mother gave him birth. He was named Anuruddha. He was the youngest brother of Mahānāma, son of the Teacher’s uncle. He was very delicately nurtured and was the possessor of a vast store of merit. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > The story goes that one day six Khattiyas engaged in a game of marbles, staking cakes on the result. Anuruddha lost and sent to his mother for cakes. His mother filled a large golden dish with cakes and sent them to him. The six Khattiyas ate the cakes and resumed their play. Anuruddha lost again and sent to his mother for some more cakes. Three times in all, his mother sent him cakes. The fourth time she sent back word, “There isn’t cake to send.” When Anuruddha received her message, having never before heard the word \*isn’t\*, he imagined to himself, “These must be \*isn’t\* cakes.” So he sent the man back, saying to him, “Go fetch some \*isn’t\* cakes.” When his mother received the message, “My lady, send me some \*isn’t\* cakes,” she thought to herself, “My son has never heard the word \*isn’t\*. How can I teach him what \*isn’t\* means?” So she washed a golden bowl, covered it with another golden bowl, and sent it to her son, saying to the bearer, “Here, friend, give this to my son.” > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > At that moment the guardian deities of the city thought, “In our master’s previous existence as Annabhāra he gave food that was his own portion to the Private Buddha Upariṭṭha, making the Earnest Wish, ‘May I never hear the word \*isn’t\*.’ If we, knowing all this as we do, should look on complacently, it may even happen that our heads will split into seven pieces.” So they filled the dish with celestial cakes. The man carried the dish back, set it down before the six Khattiyas, and uncovered it. The fragrance of the cakes permeated the entire city. Moreover, the moment a morsel of this cake was placed in the mouth, it thrilled the seven thousand nerves of taste. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 25.12.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p8) - [Next: 25.12.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p10) - [Up: 25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.25.12.p11) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.381) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p9) · Pramāṇa