ປິຕະກະທັງ ໓ ສຸດຕັນຕະປິຕະກະ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)

ໃນສະໄໝໜຶ່ງ ພະຜູ້ມີພະພາກເຈົ້າ ສະເດັດໄປປະທັບຢູ່ໃນນິໂຄທະອາຣາມ ເມືອງກະບິນລະພັດ ໃນຄັ້ງນັ້ນ ພະນາງມະຫາປະຊາບໍດີໂຄຕະມີ ແມ່ລ້ຽງຂອງພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ນາຍຊ່າງຫູກຫຍິບຜ້າຜືນໜຶ່ງໃຫ້ເປັນຜ້າຈີວອນ ໂດຍຕັ້ງໃຈຈະນໍາໄປຖວາຍແກ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ. ເມື່ອຜ້ານັ້ນ ໄດ້ຕັດຫຍິບເປັນທີ່ຮຽບຮ້ອຍແລ້ວ ພະນາງໄດ້ນໍາໄປສູ່ອາຣາມເພື່ອຖວາຍແກ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ. ແຕ່ພະພຸດທະອົງບໍ່ຊົງຮັບແລະໄດ້ແນະນໍາໃຫ້ພະນາງນໍາຜ້າຜືນນັ້ນໄປຖວາຍໃຫ້ແກ່ສົງ ເນື່ອງຈາກວ່າ ການໃຫ້ທານແກ່ຄະນະສົງເປັນສັງຄະທານນັ້ນ ຈະມີພາລະອານິສົງຫລາຍກວ່າ ການໃຫ້ທານແກ່ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າອົງດຽວ.

On one occasion, the Buddha was staying at the Nigrodharama monastery in Kapilavatthu. At the time, Mahapajapati Gotami, the step-mother and maternal aunt of the Buddha, ordered a weaver man to make a robe with intention to offer it to the Buddha. When the robe was already for offering, she brought the robe to the monastery and offered it to the Buddha. But the Buddha rejected and told her to offer the robe to the Sangha. As the offering to the Sangha will gain much merit than to offer it to the Buddha himself.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 34 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4 cm, width 53.9 cm, depth 1.2 cm.

Condition of original material: Fragile.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.