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MAHÂVAGGA.
I, 49, 3.
Sakyaputtiya Samanas, he would after our death live a life of ease and without pain.'
3. Now young Upâli heard his father and mother talking thus. Then young Upâli went to the other boys; having approached them, he said to those boys : 'Come, Sirs, let us get ordained with the Sakyaputtiya Samanas.' (They replied): “If you will get ordained, Sir, we will be ordained also.' Then those boys went each to his father and mother and said to them : 'Give me your consent for leaving the world and going forth into the houseless state.' Then the parents of those boys, who thought, 'It is a good thing what all these boys are wishing so unanimously for,' gave their consent. They went to the Bhikkhus and asked them for the pabbaggâ ordination. The Bhikkhus conferred the pabbaggâ and u pasampadâ ordinations on them.
4. In the night, at dawn, they rose and began to cry: 'Give us rice-milk, give us soft food, give us hard food!' The Bhikkhus said: "Wait, friends, till day-time. If there is rice-milk, you shall drink; if there is food, soft or hard, you shall eat; if there is no rice-milk and no food, soft or hard, you must go out for alms, and then you will eat.
But those Bhikkhus, when they were thus spoken to by the other Bhikkhus, threw their bedding about and made it wet, calling out : 'Give us rice-milk, give us soft food, give us hard food!
5. Then the Blessed One, having arisen in the night, at dawn, heard the noise which those boys made; hearing it he said to the venerable Ananda : Now, Ânanda, what noise of boys is that?'
Then the venerable Ânanda told the thing to the Blessed One.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |