Verses on Dhamma 6.4.p3

6.4.p3

Sā gāmaṃ pavisitvā ugghosesi – ‘‘ahaṃ sahassamatte paccekabuddhe disvā nimantayiṃ, ayyānaṃ nisīdanaṭṭhānaṃ saṃvidahatha, yāgubhattādīni sampādethā’’ti. Gāmamajjhe maṇḍapaṃ kāretvā āsanāni paññāpetvā punadivase paccekabuddhe nisīdāpetvā paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena parivisitvā bhattakiccāvasāne tasmiṃ gāme sabbā itthiyo ādāya tāhi saddhiṃ paccekabuddhe vanditvā, ‘‘bhante, temāsaṃ vasanatthāya paṭiññaṃ dethā’’ti tesaṃ paṭiññaṃ gahetvā puna gāme ugghosesi – ‘‘ammatātā, ekekakulato ekeko puriso pharasuvāsiādīni gahetvā araññaṃ pavisitvā dabbasambhāre āharitvā ayyānaṃ vasanaṭṭhānaṃ karotū’’ti. Gāmavāsino tassāyeva vacanaṃ sutvā ekeko ekekaṃ katvā saddhiṃ rattiṭṭhānadivāṭṭhānehi paṇṇasālasahassaṃ kāretvā attano attano paṇṇasālāyaṃ vassūpagate paccekabuddhe ‘‘ahaṃ sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmi, ahaṃ sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmī’’ti upaṭṭhahiṃsu. Vassaṃvuṭṭhakāle ‘‘attano attano paṇṇasālāya vassaṃvuṭṭhānaṃ paccekabuddhānaṃ cīvarasāṭake sajjethā’’ti samādapetvā ekekassa sahassasahassamūlaṃ cīvaraṃ dāpesi. Paccekabuddhā vuṭṭhavassā anumodanaṃ katvā pakkamiṃsu.

Having obtained their promise, she returned to the village and made proclamation once more, “Men and women, let one man from each household among you go to the forest with axes and hatchets, fetch hither building materials, and erect quarters for our honored guests.” The villagers obeyed her injunction and built a thousand huts of leaves and grass with night-quarters and day-quarters, each man building one hut. And when the Private Buddhas entered upon residence in their respective huts, the villagers offered to minister faithfully to their needs, and faithfully did they minister to them. At the conclusion of the rainy season the woman persuaded each villager to prepare a set of robes for the particular Private Buddha who had passed the rainy season in his hut, and saw to it that each of her guests was provided with a set of robes worth a thousand pieces of money. At the conclusion of their residence the Private Buddhas returned thanks and departed.