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Tadā sahassamattā paccekabuddhā aṭṭha māse himavante vasitvā vassike cattāro māse janapade vasanti. Te ekavāraṃ bārāṇasiyā avidūre otaritvā ‘‘senāsanakaraṇatthāya hatthakammaṃ yācathā’’ti rañño santikaṃ aṭṭha paccekabuddhe pahiṇiṃsu. Tadā pana rañño vappamaṅgalakālo hoti. So ‘‘paccekabuddhā kira āgatā’’ti sutvā tasmiṃ khaṇe nikkhamitvā āgatakāraṇaṃ pucchitvā ‘‘ajja, bhante, okāso natthi, sve amhākaṃ vappamaṅgalaṃ, tatiyadivase karissāmī’’ti vatvā paccekabuddhe animantetvāva pāvisi. Paccekabuddhā ‘‘aññattha gamissāmā’’ti pakkamiṃsu. Tasmiṃ khaṇe jeṭṭhapesakārassa bhariyā kenacideva karaṇīyena bārāṇasiṃ gacchantī te paccekabuddhe disvā vanditvā ‘‘kiṃ, bhante, avelāya, ayyā, āgatā’’ti pucchitvā ādito paṭṭhāya kathesuṃ. Taṃ pavattiṃ sutvā saddhāsampannā ñāṇasampannā itthī ‘‘sve, bhante, amhākaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathā’’ti nimantesi. ‘‘Bahukā mayaṃ bhaginī’’ti. ‘‘Kittakā, bhante’’ti? ‘‘Sahassamattā’’ti. ‘‘Bhante, imasmiṃ gāme sahassapesakārā vasimha. Ekeko ekekassa bhikkhaṃ dassati, bhikkhaṃ adhivāsetha, ahameva vo vasanaṭṭhānampi kāressāmī’’ti āha. Paccekabuddhā adhivāsayiṃsu. > In times past, they say, Venerable Kappina the Great made his Earnest Wish at the feet of the Buddha Padumuttara, and after passing through successive births and rebirths was at length reborn as the senior weaver in a certain weavers’ village not far from Benāres. At this time a thousand Private Buddhas, who had resided eight months in the Himālaya, were spending the four months of the rainy season in the country; and on a certain occasion they came down into the vicinity of Benāres and sent eight Private Buddhas to the king, asking to be given work in return for lodging. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > Now just at this time the king was occupied with preparations for the plowing festival. When he heard that Private Buddhas had arrived, he came out and inquired their errand. Then he said to them, “Reverend Sirs, I have no time to-day to attend to your needs, for on the morrow we are to celebrate the plowing festival. But if you will come back again on the third day, I will do as you ask.” And without so much as inviting them to a meal, he turned and reëntered his palace. The Private Buddhas remarked, “We will go to some other village,” and departed. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > Just then the wife of the senior weaver, who was on her way to Benāres on some errand or other, saw the Private Buddhas, and saluting them, asked, “Reverend Sirs, how is it that you have come here at such an unsuitable time?” When she had learned all the facts, this woman, richly endowed with faith and intelligence, invited them to a meal, saying, “Reverend Sirs, take your meal with us to-morrow.” “But there are a great many of us, sister.” “How many are there of you, Reverend Sirs?” “A thousand.” “Reverend Sirs, there are just a thousand artisans in this village; each will give food to one > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > guest; pray accept food from us; I will see to it that you are provided with quarters.” > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > The Private Buddhas accepted the invitation, and the woman entered the village and made proclamation, “I saw a thousand Private Buddhas and invited them to a meal; arrange seats for these noble persons and likewise prepare broth, rice, and so forth.” She then had a pavilion erected in the center of the village, caused seats to be arranged, and on the following day provided the Private Buddhas with seats and served them with choice food. At the end of the meal, accompanied by all the women in that village, she saluted the Private Buddhas and said, “Reverend Sirs, promise us to remain here during these three months.” > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 6.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.4.p1) - [Next: 6.4.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.4.p3) - [Up: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.4) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.6.4.p3) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.79) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.4.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.4.p2) · Pramāṇa