Dhammapada 3.7.p2

3.7.p2

Eko kira sāvatthivāsī kulaputto satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā sāsane uraṃ datvā pabbajito, so laddhūpasampado tissatthero nāma ahosi. Gacchante gacchante kāle tassa sarīre rogo udapādi. Sāsapamattiyo piḷakā uṭṭhahiṃsu. Tā anupubbena muggamattā kalāyamattā kolaṭṭhimattā āmalakamattā beḷuvasalāṭumattā beḷuvamattā hutvā pabhijjiṃsu, sakalasarīraṃ chiddāvachiddaṃ ahosi. Pūtigattatissattherotvevassa nāmaṃ udapādi. Athassa aparabhāge aṭṭhīni bhijjiṃsu. So appaṭijaggiyo ahosi. Nivāsanapārupanaṃ pubbalohitamakkhitaṃ jālapūvasadisaṃ ahosi. Saddhivihārikādayo paṭijaggituṃ asakkontā chaḍḍayiṃsu. So anātho hutvā nipajji.

A certain youth of station who lived at Sāvatthi heard the Teacher preach the Law, yielded the breast to religion, retired from the world, and after admission as a full member of the Order became known as Elder Tissa. As time went on, an eruption broke out on his body. At first appeared pustules no bigger than mustard-seeds, but as the disease progressed, they assumed successively the size of kidney-beans, chick-peas, jujube seeds, emblic myrobalans, and vilva fruits. Finally they burst open, and his whole body became covered with open sores. In this way he came to be called Elder Pūtigatta Tissa. After a time his bones began to disintegrate, and no one was willing to take care of him. His under and upper garments, which were stained with dried blood, looked like net-cakes. His fellow-residents, unable to care for him, cast him out, and he lay down on the ground without a protector.