Dhammapada 26.12: 12. Kisāgotamīvatthu

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Paṃsukūladharanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā gijjhakūṭe pabbate viharanto kisāgotamiṃ ārabbha kathesi.

_That man who wears refuse-rags._ This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Mount Vulture Peak with reference to Kisā Gotamī.

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Tadā kira sakko paṭhamayāmāvasāne devaparisāya saddhiṃ satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā ekamante sāraṇīyadhammakathaṃ suṇanto nisīdi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe kisāgotamī ‘‘satthāraṃ passissāmī’’ti ākāsenāgantvā sakkaṃ disvā nivatti. So taṃ vanditvā nivattantiṃ disvā satthāraṃ pucchi – ‘‘kā nāmesā, bhante, āgacchamānāva tumhe disvā nivattatī’’ti? Satthā ‘‘kisāgotamī nāmesā, mahārāja, mama dhītā paṃsukūlikattherīnaṃ aggā’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

For at that time, at the end of the first watch, Sakka, attended by a host of deities, drew near the Teacher, saluted the Teacher, sat down respectfully on one side, and listened to the Teacher as he preached the Law in his usual pleasing manner. At that moment Kisā Gotamī said to herself, "I will go see the Teacher," and proceeded thither through the air. But when she saw Sakka, she turned back. Sakka saw her salute the Teacher and turn back, and straightway asked the Teacher, "Reverend Sir, who is this that draws nigh to you, and then, seeing you, turns back?" The Teacher replied, "Great king, this is my daughter Kisā Gotamī, foremost of the nuns who wear refuse-rags." So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,

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‘‘Paṃsukūladharaṃ jantuṃ, kisaṃ dhamanisanthataṃ;
Ekaṃ vanasmiṃ jhāyantaṃ, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇa’’nti.

395. That man who wears refuse-rags, that man who is lean, that man whose veins
stand out all over his body,
That man who meditates alone in the forest, that man I call a Brahman.

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Tattha kisanti paṃsukūlikā hi attano anurūpaṃ paṭipadaṃ pūrentā appamaṃsalohitā ceva honti dhamanisanthatagattā ca, tasmā evamāha. Ekaṃ vanasminti vivittaṭṭhāne ekakaṃ vanasmiṃ jhāyantaṃ tamahaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti attho.

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Desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti.

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Kisāgotamīvatthu dvādasamaṃ.