Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.187

v2.c35.187

1. **Vajjiputta Thera.**—He belonged to the family of a minister of Vesālī, and, seeing the majesty of the Buddha who visited the city, he joined the Order and lived in a wood near by. A festival took place in Vesālī, with much singing and dancing and gaiety. This distracted Vajjiputta, and he expressed his disgust in a verse spoken in scorn of the forest-life. A woodland sprite heard him and upbraided him, saying, "Though you spurn life in the forest, the wise, desiring solitude, think much of it," and she then uttered a verse praising it.¹ Urged on by the sprite's words, Vajjiputta developed insight and became an arahant.