Dhammapada 5.2.p3

5.2.p3

Thero cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ daharo ‘udakaṃ me tāpetvā koṭṭhake ṭhapitaṃ, etha, bhante, nhāyathā’ti vatvā idāni ujjhāyanto ghaṭaṃ ādāya titthaṃ gacchati, kiṃ nu kho eta’’nti upadhārento ‘‘ettakaṃ kālaṃ esa daharo iminā kataṃ vattaṃ attanāva kataṃ viya pakāsetī’’ti ñatvā sāyaṃ āgantvā nisinnassa ovādamadāsi, ‘‘āvuso, bhikkhunā nāma ‘attanā katameva kata’nti vattuṃ vaṭṭati, no akataṃ, tvaṃ idāneva ‘koṭṭhake udakaṃ ṭhapitaṃ, nhāyatha, bhante’ti vatvā mayi pavisitvā ṭhite ghaṭaṃ ādāya ujjhāyanto gacchasi, pabbajitassa nāma evaṃ kātuṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti. So ‘‘passatha therassa kammaṃ, udakamattakaṃ nāma nissāya maṃ evaṃ vadesī’’ti kujjhitvā punadivase therena saddhiṃ piṇḍāya na pāvisi. Thero itarena saddhiṃ ekaṃ padesaṃ agamāsi. So tasmiṃ gate therassa upaṭṭhākakulaṃ gantvā ‘‘thero kahaṃ, bhante’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘therassa aphāsukaṃ jātaṃ, vihāreyeva nisinno’’ti āha. ‘‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, laddhuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti? ‘‘Evarūpaṃ kira nāma āhāraṃ dethā’’ti vutte tena vuttaniyāmeneva sampādetvā adaṃsu. So antarāmaggeva taṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā vihāraṃ gato. Theropi gataṭṭhāne mahantaṃ sukhumavatthaṃ labhitvā attanā saddhiṃ gatadaharassa adāsi. So taṃ rajitvā attano nivāsanapārupanaṃ akāsi.

When the faithless pupil returned and sat down, the Elder admonished him, saying, “Brother, a monk ought not to say he has done a thing unless he has done it. For example, just now you came to me and said, ‘Reverend Sir, water has been placed in the bathroom; come and bathe.’ But when I went in, you were annoyed and took a water-jar and went out. One who has become a monk should not do so.” The pupil was highly offended. Said he to himself, “See what the Elder has done! What a way to talk to me just because of a few drops of water!” On the following day he refused to accompany the Elder on his rounds. The Elder therefore took his other pupil with him to a certain place.

While he was away, the faithless pupil went to the house of a layman who was a supporter of the Elder. The layman asked him, “Reverend Sir, where is the Elder?” “The Elder doesn’t feel well, and therefore remained at the monastery.” “What then should he have, Reverend Sir?” “Give him such and such food,” said the novice, pretending that the Elder had told him to ask for it. Accordingly they prepared food such as he asked for, and gave it to him. He took the food, ate it himself on the way back, and returned to the monastery. Now the Elder had received from his supporter robes of great size and fine texture, and these he presented to the novice who accompanied him. The novice dyed them and converted them into under and upper garments for himself. On the following day the Elder went to the house of his supporter. "Reverend Sir," said they, "your novice told us that you were not feeling well, and therefore we prepared food such as he suggested and sent it to you. Evidently, after eating it, you recovered." The Elder said nothing, but returned to the monastery. In the evening, when the faithless novice came in and after bowing to him sat down, the Elder said to him, "Brother, yesterday, I am informed, you did such and such. Such conduct ill becomes those who have renounced the world. You should not eat food which you got for another by hinting."