Dhammapada 3.2.35_4

3.2.35_4

Satthā tassa bhikkhuno imaṃ ovādaṃ datvā, ‘‘gaccha, bhikkhu, aññaṃ kiñci acintayitvā tattheva vasāhī’’ti pahiṇi. So bhikkhu satthu santikā ovādaṃ labhitvā tattha agamāsi. Kiñci bahiddhā cintanaṃ nāma na cintesi. Mahāupāsikāpi dibbena cakkhunā olokentī theraṃ disvā, ‘‘idāni ovādadāyakaṃ ācariyaṃ labhitvā punāgato mama putto’’ti attano ñāṇeneva paricchinditvā tassa sappāyāhāraṃ paṭiyādetvā adāsi. So sappāyabhojanaṃ sevitvā katipāheneva arahattaṃ patvā maggaphalasukhena vītināmento ‘‘aho mahāupāsikā mayhaṃ patiṭṭhā jātā, ahaṃ imaṃ nissāya bhavanissaraṇaṃ pattomhī’’ti cintetvā, ‘‘imasmiṃ tāva me attabhāve patiṭṭhā jātā, saṃsāre pana me saṃsarantassa aññesupi attabhāvesu ayaṃ patiṭṭhā bhūtapubbā, no’’ti upadhārento ekūnaattabhāvasataṃ anussari. Sāpi ekūnaattabhāvasate tassa pādaparicārikā aññesu paṭibaddhacittā hutvā taṃ jīvitā voropesi. Thero tassā ettakaṃ aguṇaṃ disvā, ‘‘aho mayaṃ mahāupāsikā bhāriyaṃ kammaṃ akāsī’’ti cintesi.

When the Teacher had admonished that monk, he dismissed him, saying, “Go, monk, concern yourself with nothing else. Resume residence in that same place.” And that monk, after being admonished by the Teacher, went to that same place and concerned himself with nothing other than his thoughts. The great female lay disciple looked with Supernatural Vision. Seeing the Elder, she determined by her own knowledge alone the following fact, “My son has now gained a Teacher who gives admonition and has returned once more.” And forthwith she prepared wholesome food and gave it to him. Once having received wholesome food, in but a few days the Elder attained Arahatship.

As the Elder passed his days in the enjoyment of the bliss of the Paths and the Fruits, he thought to himself, “The great female lay disciple has indeed been a support to me. By her assistance I have gained Release from Existence.” And he considered within himself, “Has she been a support to me in my present state of existence only, or has she been a support to me in other states of existence also, as I have passed from one state of existence to another in the round of existences?” With this thought in mind he recalled a hundred states of existence less one. Now in a hundred states of existence less one that female lay disciple had been his wife, and her affections had been set on other men, and she had caused him to be deprived of life. When, therefore, the Elder beheld the huge pile of demerit she had accumulated, he thought to himself, “Oh, what wicked deeds this female lay disciple has committed!”