Dhammapada 4.3.p18

4.3.p18

Atha naṃ ‘‘ayaṃ te, tāta, mātāmaho, ayaṃ mātulo’’ti vatvā vandāpesuṃ. So sabbe vandamāno vicaritvā ekampi attānaṃ vandantaṃ adisvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho maṃ vandantā natthī’’ti pucchi. Sākiyā, ‘‘tāta, te kaniṭṭhakumārā janapadaṃ gatā’’ti vatvā tassa mahantaṃ sakkāraṃ kariṃsu. So katipāhaṃ vasitvā mahantena parivārena nikkhami. Athekā dāsī santhāgāre tena nisinnaphalakaṃ ‘‘idaṃ vāsabhakhattiyāya dāsiyā puttassa nisinnaphalaka’’nti akkositvā paribhāsitvā khīrodakena dhovi. Eko puriso attano āvudhaṃ pamussitvā nivatto taṃ gaṇhanto viṭaṭūbhakumārassa akkosanasaddaṃ sutvā taṃ kāraṇaṃ pucchitvā, ‘‘vāsabhakhattiyā dāsiyā kucchimhi mahānāmasakkaṃ paṭicca jātā’’ti ñatvā balakāyassa kathesi. ‘‘Vāsabhakhattiyā kira dāsidhītā’’ti mahākolāhalaṃ ahosi. Taṃ sutvā viṭaṭūbho ‘‘ete tāva mama nisinnaphalakaṃ khīrodakena dhovantu, ahaṃ pana rajje patiṭṭhitakāle etesaṃ galalohitaṃ gahetvā mama nisinnaphalakaṃ dhovissāmī’’ti cittaṃ paṭṭhapesi. Tasmiṃ sāvatthiṃ gate amaccā taṃ pavattiṃ rañño ārocayiṃsu. Rājā ‘‘mayhaṃ dāsidhītaraṃ adaṃsū’’ti sākiyānaṃ kujjhitvā vāsabhakhattiyāya ca puttassa ca dinnaparihāraṃ acchinditvā dāsadāsīhi laddhabbamattameva dāpesi.

Now a certain slave-woman washed with milk and water the seat in the royal rest-house on which Viḍūḍabha had sat; and as she did so, she remarked contemptuously, “This is the seat on which sat the son of the slave-woman Vāsabhakhattiyā!” A certain man who had forgotten his sword went back for it, and as he took it, overheard the slave-woman’s contemptuous remark about the prince Viḍūḍabha. Inquiring into the matter, he learned that Vāsabhakhattiyā was the daughter of a slave-woman of Mahānāma the Sākiya. And he went and informed the army, “Vāsabhakhattiyā, I am told, is the daughter of a slave-woman.” Immediately there was a great uproar. When Viḍūḍabha learned of the incident, he made the following vow, “These Sākiyas now wash the seat whereon I sat with milk and water; when I am established in my kingdom, I will wash my seat with the blood of their throats.”

When the prince returned to Sāvatthi, the ministers told the king everything that had happened. The king was angry at the Sākiyas for giving him the daughter of a slave-woman, cut off the royal honors which had been bestowed on Vāsabhakhattiyā and her son, and degraded them to the condition of slaves.