Dhammapada 26.32.p4

26.32.p4

Atha naṃ paṇītena āhārena parivisitvā, ‘‘bhante, idheva piṇḍāya carituṃ phāsuka’’nti vatvā katipāhaṃ ālinde nisīdāpetvā bhojetvā dārake pūvehi saṅgaṇhitvā ‘‘etha tumhe therassa āgatakāle mayi vārentiyāpi idhāgantvā rajaṃ uṭṭhāpeyyāthā’’ti āha. Te punadivase therassa bhojanavelāya tāya vāriyamānāpi rajaṃ uṭṭhāpesuṃ. Sā punadivase, ‘‘bhante, dārakā vāriyamānāpi mama vacanaṃ asuṇitvā idha rajaṃ uṭṭhāpenti, antogehe nisīdathā’’ti anto nisīdāpetvā katipāhaṃ bhojesi. Puna dārake saṅgaṇhitvā ‘‘tumhe mayā vāriyamānāpi therassa bhojanakāle mahāsaddaṃ kareyyāthā’’ti āha. Te tathā kariṃsu. Sā punadivase, ‘‘bhante, imasmiṃ ṭhāne ativiya mahāsaddo hoti, dārakā mayā vāriyamānāpi vacanaṃ na gaṇhanti, uparipāsādeyeva nisīdathā’’ti vatvā therena adhivāsite theraṃ purato katvā pāsādaṃ abhiruhantī dvārāni pidahamānāva pāsādaṃ abhiruhi. Thero ukkaṭṭhasapadānacāriko samānopi rasataṇhāya baddho tassā vacanena sattabhūmikaṃ pāsādaṃ abhiruhi.

Next she won the favor of some small boys by treating them with cakes, and said to them, "See here, boys; when the Elder comes to the house, you come too. And when you come, kick up the dust. And even if I tell you to stop, pay no attention to what I say." So on the following day, while the Elder was eating his meal, the boys came to the house and kicked up the dust. And when the mistress of the house told them to stop, they paid no attention to what she said. On the next day she said to the Elder, "Reverend Sir, these boys keep coming here and kicking up the dust, and even when I tell them to stop, pay no attention to what I say; sit inside of the house." For a few days she seated him inside of the house and there provided him with choice food. Then she treated the boys again and said to them, "Boys, while the Elder is eating his meal, make a loud noise. And even if I tell you to stop, pay no attention to what I say." The boys did as they were told.

On the following day she said to the Elder, "Reverend Sir, the noise in this place is unbearable. In spite of all I do to stop them, these boys pay no attention to what I say; sit on the upper floor of the mansion." The Elder gave his consent. She then climbed to the top of the mansion, making the Elder precede her, and closing the doors after her. Now the Elder had taken upon himself the strict obligation to receive alms only by making an unbroken round from door to door. But in spite of this fact, so firmly bound was he by the bonds of the craving of taste that he complied with her suggestion and climbed to the topmost floor of the seven-storied mansion. The woman provided the Elder with a seat. In forty ways, friend Puṇṇamukha, does a woman accost a man: