BURLINGAME. — BUDDHAGHOSA's DHAMMAPADA COMMENTARY. 503 



covered with another empty bowl. The tutelary deities of the city 

 filled the bowl with celestial cakes. The mother found out what had 

 happened, and thereafter, whenever her son sent for cakes, sent him an 

 empty bowl, which the deities filled with celestial cakes. How could a 

 youth who was ignorant of the meaning of the word is n't, be expected 

 to know the meaning of monk 1 ) (133-5) 



Anuruddha replied to Mahanama : " What does this word monk 

 mean 1 " Mahanama told him. Anuruddha replied that he was too 

 delicate to become a monk. "Well then," said Mahanama, "learn 

 farming, and adopt the life of a householder." Anuruddha replied, 

 " What does this word farming mean 1 " (135-6) 



(How could you expect a youth to know the meaning of farming 

 who did n't know where rice comes from ? Once a discussion arose 

 among the three princes Kimbila, Bhaddiya, and Anuruddha, as to 

 where rice comes from. Kimbila thought it came from the granary ; 

 Bhaddiya, from the kettle ; Anuruddha, from the golden bowl.) (136) 



Mahanama explained to Anuruddha what was implied by the term 

 farming; whereupon Anuruddha, aghast at the endless routine of 

 manual labor, said, "Well then, live the householder's life yourself; I 

 have no use for it." He went to his mother and said, " Mother, give 

 me your permission to become a monk." " All right, if your friend 

 King Bhaddiya will do the same." Anuruddha had no little difficulty 

 in persuading Bhaddiya to do this ; but finally the latter agreed to 

 retire from the world in seven days. Then Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, 

 Ananda, Bhagu, Kimbila, and Devadatta, together with the barber 

 Upali, set out with four-fold array, and crossed over into foreign terri- 

 tory. Here the six princes sent back the army, took off their orjia- 

 ments, made a bundle of them, gave them to Upali, and ordered him 

 to return. When Upali had gone a little way, he was overcome with 

 fear that the fierce Sakyans, thinking that he had put their princes to 

 death, would retaliate by killing him ; accordingly he untied the 

 bundle, hung the ornaments up on a tree, and returned to his masters. 

 Then the six princes, taking Upali with them, went to the Teacher, 

 and said : " We, Venerable sir, are proud Sakyans ; this man has been 

 a servitor of ours for a long time ; admit him to the Order first ; to him 

 first we will offer respectful salutations ; so will our pride be humbled." 

 Thereupon the Teacher first admitted Upali to the Order, and after 

 him the others. Bhaddiya attained Threefold_Knowledge, Anuruddha 

 Supernatural Vision, afterwards Arahatship, Ananda was established 

 in the Fruit of Conversion, and Bhagu and Kimbila by the develop- 

 ment of Insight attained Arahatship. Devadatta attained the lower 

 grade of Magic Power. (136-8) 



