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KULLAVAGGA.
V, 8, 2.
the venerable Bharadvâga took the bowl, and departed to his Årâma.
2. Now the people heard, 'The venerable Pindola Bharadvága, they say, has got down the Râgagaha Setthi's bowl. And those people, with shouts loud and long, followed in the steps of Pindola Bhâradvåga. And the Blessed One heard the shouts loud and long, and on hearing them he asked the venerable Ånanda, 'What now, Ånanda, does this so great shouting mean?'
"The venerable Pindola Bhâradvậga, Lord, has got down the Râgagaha Setthi's bowl; and the people thereof are following in his steps with shouts loud and long.'
Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the BhikkhuSamgha, and asked Pindola Bharadvåga, 'Is it true, as they say, that you, Bhâradvâga, have got down the Râgagaha Setthi's bowl ?'
It is true, Lord.'
The Blessed Buddha rebuked him, saying, 'This is improper, Bhâradvâga, not according to rule, unsuitable, unworthy of a Samana, unbecoming, and ought not to be done. How can you, Bhâradvâga, for the sake of a miserable wooden pot, display before the laity the superhuman quality of your miraculous power of Iddhi ? Just, Bharadväga, like a woman who displays herself for the sake of a miserable piece of money', have you, for the sake of a miserable
* Masaka-rûpassa. On the mâsaka, see Rh. D.'s Ancient Coins and Measures, &c.,' p. 13. It is evident from the use of the word rûpa here that stamped pieces of money were known in the valley of the Ganges as early as the time when the Kulla
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