Dhammapada 5.2.p14

5.2.p14

Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā makkaṭo kuṭidūsakabhikkhu ahosi, siṅgilasakuṇo kassapo ahosī’’ti. Jātakaṃ samodhānetvā ‘‘evaṃ, bhikkhave, na idāneva, pubbepi so ovādakkhaṇe kujjhitvā kuṭiṃ dūsesi, mama puttassa kassapassa evarūpena bālena saddhiṃ vasanato ekakasseva nivāso seyyo’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

When the Teacher had given this religious instruction, he identified the characters in the Jātaka as follows, “At that time the monkey was the novice that destroyed the house; the siṅgila bird was Kassapa.” And he said, “Monks, this is not the first time the novice took offense at an admonition and destroyed a house. He did the same thing in a previous state of existence also. It were better for my son Kassapa to live alone than to live with such a simpleton.” So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,