Dhammapada 5.4.p2

5.4.p2

Te kira dve sahāyakā dhammassavanatthāya gacchantena mahājanena saddhiṃ jetavanaṃ gantvā eko dhammakathaṃ assosi, eko attano gayhūpagaṃ olokesi. Tesu eko dhammaṃ suṇamāno sotāpattiphalaṃ pāpuṇi, itaro ekassa dussante baddhaṃ pañcamāsakamattaṃ labhi. Tassa taṃ gehe pākabhattaṃ jātaṃ, itarassa gehe na paccati. Atha naṃ sahāyakacoro attano bhariyāya saddhiṃ uppaṇḍayamāno ‘‘tvaṃ atipaṇḍitatāya attano gehe pākabhattamūlampi na nipphādesī’’ti āha. Itaro pana ‘‘bālabhāveneva vatāyaṃ attano paṇḍitabhāvaṃ maññatī’’ti taṃ pavattiṃ satthu ārocetuṃ ñātīhi saddhiṃ jetavanaṃ gantvā ārocesi. Satthā tassa dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha –

The story goes that these two men, who were boon companions, accompanied a great throng to Jetavana to hear the Law. One of them listened to the Law; the other watched for a chance to steal something. The first, through listening to the Law, obtained the Fruit of Conversion; the second found a matter of five farthings tied to the skirt of a certain man and stole the money. The confirmed thief had food cooked as usual in his house, but there was no cooking done in the house of the convert. His comrade the thief, and likewise the thief's wife, ridiculed him, saying, "You are so excessively wise that you cannot obtain money enough to have regular meals cooked in your own house." The convert thought to himself, "This man, just because he is a fool, does not think that he is wise." And going to Jetavana with his kinsfolk, he told the Teacher of the incident. The Teacher, instructing him in the Law, pronounced the following Stanza,