Verses on Dhamma 7.6.p2

7.6.p2

Ekasmiñhi samaye āyasmā sāriputto vuṭṭhavasso cārikaṃ pakkamitukāmo bhagavantaṃ āpucchitvā vanditvā attano parivārena saddhiṃ nikkhami. Aññepi bahū bhikkhū theraṃ anugacchiṃsu. Thero ca nāmagottavasena paññāyamāne bhikkhū nāmagottavasena kathetvā nivattāpesi. Aññataro nāmagottavasena apākaṭo bhikkhu cintesi – ‘‘aho vata mampi nāmagottavasena paggaṇhanto kathetvā nivattāpeyyā’’ti thero mahābhikkhusaṅghassa antare taṃ na sallakkhesi. So ‘‘aññe viya bhikkhū na maṃ paggaṇhātī’’ti there āghātaṃ bandhi. Therassapi saṅghāṭikaṇṇo tassa bhikkhuno sarīraṃ phusi, tenāpi āghātaṃ bandhiyeva. So ‘‘dāni thero vihārūpacāraṃ atikkanto bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘āyasmā maṃ, bhante, sāriputto tumhākaṃ aggasāvakomhīti kaṇṇasakkhaliṃ bhindanto viya paharitvā akhamāpetvāva cārikaṃ pakkanto’’ti āha. Satthā theraṃ pakkosāpesi.

For once upon a time, at the conclusion of the rains, Elder Sāriputta, desiring to go forth on an alms-pilgrimage, took leave of the Teacher, paid obeisance to him, and departed with his own retinue. Many other monks took leave of the Elder. In dismissing the monks the Elder mentioned the personal and family name of all of the monks who were known by personal and family names. A certain monk who was not known by a personal and family name said, “Oh, that the Elder would greet me by a personal and family name in dismissing me.” But in the great throng of monks the Elder did not

notice him. Thereupon the monk said to himself, “He does not greet me as he does the other monks,” and straightway conceived a grudge against the Elder.

Besides that, the hem of the Elder’s garment brushed against the monk, and this also served to intensify the hatred the monk felt towards the Elder. So soon as he knew that the Elder had passed beyond the entrance to the monastery, he approached the Teacher and said to him, “Reverend Sir, Venerable Sāriputta, doubtless thinking to himself, ‘I am your Chief Disciple,’ struck me a blow that almost broke the chain of my ear. Having so done, without so much as begging my pardon, he set out on his alms-pilgrimage.” The Teacher caused the Elder to be summoned. Thereupon Elder Moggallāna the Great and Elder Ānanda thought to themselves, “The Teacher does not know that our oldest brother did not really strike this monk; the Elder will of course roar a lion’s roar.” Accordingly they decided to convoke an assembly. With key in hand, they opened the doors of the cells, saying, “Approach, Venerable Sirs! Approach, Venerable Sirs! So soon as Venerable Sāriputta is face to face with the Exalted One, he will roar the roar of a lion.” So saying, they convoked a full assembly of the monks.