[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [The Minor Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka) › [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) › [Commentary on the Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha) › 6.5.p11 # Verses on Dhamma 6.5.p11 Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 6.5.p11 - **Language:** Pāli ### [6.5.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p11) Mahāduggato satthāraṃ netvā ‘‘pavisatha, bhante’’ti āha. Vasanagehañcassa nīcaṃ hoti, anonatena pavisituṃ na sakkā. Buddhā ca nāma gehaṃ pavisantā na onamitvā pavisanti. Gehañhi pavisanakāle mahāpathavī vā heṭṭhā ogacchati, gehaṃ vā uddhaṃ gacchati. Idaṃ tesaṃ sudinnadānassa phalaṃ. Puna nikkhamitvā gatakāle sabbaṃ pākatikameva hoti. Tasmā satthā ṭhitakova gehaṃ pavisitvā sakkena paññattāsane nisīdi. Satthari nisinne rājā āha – ‘‘samma mahāduggata, tayā amhākaṃ yācantānampi satthu patto na dinno, passāma tāva, kīdiso te satthu sakkāro kato’’ti? Athassa sakko yāgukhajjakādīni vivaritvā dassesi. Tesaṃ vāsagandho sakalanagaraṃ chādetvā aṭṭhāsi. Rājā yāguādīni oloketvā bhagavantaṃ āha – ‘‘bhante, ‘ahaṃ mahāduggatassa deyyadhammo kittako bhavissati, iminā deyyadhamme dinne satthāraṃ gehaṃ netvā attano sampāditaṃ āhāraṃ dassāmī’ti cintetvā āgato, mayā evarūpo āhāro na diṭṭhapubbo, mayi idha ṭhite mahāduggato kilameyya, gacchāmaha’’nti satthāraṃ vanditvā pakkāmi. Sakkopi satthāraṃ yāguādīni datvā sakkaccaṃ parivisi. Satthāpi katabhattakicco anumodanaṃ katvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi. > At that moment Sakka uncovered the dishes and showed the porridge, rice, and other kinds of food. The perfume and fragrance thereof enveloped the whole city. The king surveyed the porridge, rice, and other foods, and said to the Exalted One, “Reverend Sir, when I came here, I thought to myself, ‘How much will Mahāduggata’s alms amount to? When he presents his alms, I will take the Teacher aside, conduct him to my house, and give him the food I have myself prepared.’ But as a matter of fact, I have never yet seen such provisions as these. If I remain here, Mahāduggata will be annoyed; therefore I will depart.” And having paid obeisance to the Teacher, he departed. Sakka presented the porridge and other food to the Teacher and faithfully ministered to his needs. After the Teacher had eaten his meal, he returned thanks, rose from his seat and departed. Sakka made a sign to Mahāduggata, who thereupon took the Teacher’s bowl and accompanied him. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 6.5.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p10) - [Next: 6.5.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p12) - [Up: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.6.5.p25) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.80) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p11) · Pramāṇa