Dhammapada 4.3.p15

4.3.p15

Te gantvā rañño ārocayiṃsu. Rājā ‘‘yadi evaṃ, sādhu, sīghaṃ ānetha, khattiyā ca nāma bahumāyā, dāsidhītarampi pahiṇeyyuṃ, pitarā saddhiṃ ekabhājane bhuñjantiṃ āneyyāthā’’ti pesesi. Te gantvā, ‘‘deva, tumhehi saddhiṃ ekato bhuñjantiṃ rājā icchatī’’ti āhaṃsu. Mahānāmo ‘‘sādhu, tātā’’ti taṃ alaṅkārāpetvā attano bhojanakāle pakkosāpetvā tāya saddhiṃ ekato bhuñjanākāraṃ dassetvā dūtānaṃ niyyādesi. Te taṃ ādāya sāvatthiṃ gantvā taṃ pavattiṃ rañño ārocesuṃ. Rājā tuṭṭhamānaso taṃ pañcannaṃ itthisatānaṃ jeṭṭhikaṃ katvā aggamahesiṭṭhāne abhisiñci. Sā na cirasseva suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ puttaṃ vijāyi.

Said the king, “If this be so, well and good. Bring her to me immediately. But those princes of the Warrior caste are full of deceit; they may even send me the daughter of a slave-woman. Therefore do not bring her unless she eats out of the same dish as her father.” So saying, he sent the messengers back. They went to Mahānāma and said, “Your majesty, the king desires that she eat with you.” “Very well, friends,” said Mahānāma. So he had his daughter adorn herself and come to him at meal-time. And he went through the form of eating with her, and then delivered her over to the messengers. The messengers escorted her to Sāvatthi and told the king what had happened. The king’s heart rejoiced, and he straightway placed her at the head of five hundred women and sprinkled her as his chief consort.

In no long time she gave birth to a son, the hue of whose body was as the hue of gold. The king rejoiced thereat and sent word to his own grandmother, “Vāsabhakhattiyā, daughter of the king of the Sākiyas, has given birth to a son. Give him a name.” Now the minister who took the message and conveyed it to the king’s grandmother was a little deaf. The result was that when the grandmother, upon receiving the message, exclaimed, “Even before she gave birth to a child, Vāsabhakhattiyā won the hearts of all the people; but now she must be dear to the king beyond measure,” the deaf minister mistook the word *vallabhā*, “dear,” for *Viḍūḍabha*, and went and said to the king, “Give the prince the name *Viḍūḍabha*.” The king thought to himself, “That must be one of our old family names,” and gave the child the name Viḍūḍabha. When he was but a mere boy, the king appointed him commander-in-chief of the army, thinking that it would please the Teacher.