Ud 1.6

Mahākassapasutta

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahākassapo pippaliguhāyaṁ viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno. Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo aparena samayena tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhāsi. Atha kho āyasmato mahākassapassa tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhitassa etadahosi: “yannūnāhaṁ rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya paviseyyan”ti.

With Mahākassapa

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. Now at that time Venerable Mahākassapa was staying in the Pipphali cave, and he was sick, suffering, gravely ill. Then after some time he recovered from that illness. It occurred to him, “Why not enter Rājagaha for almsfood?”

Tena kho pana samayena pañcamattāni devatāsatāni ussukkaṁ āpannāni honti āyasmato mahākassapassa piṇḍapātapaṭilābhāya. Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo tāni pañcamattāni devatāsatāni paṭikkhipitvā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi— yena daliddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā. Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ mahākassapaṁ rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṁ yena daliddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.

Now at that time five hundred deities were ready and eager for the chance to offer alms to Mahākassapa. But Mahākasspa turned down those deities. In the morning, he robed up, took his bowl and robe, and entered Rājagaha for alms. He went to the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers. The Buddha saw him wandering for alms in the street markets of the poor, the destitute, and the embroiderers.

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:

Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

“Anaññaposimaññātaṁ, dantaṁ sāre patiṭṭhitaṁ; Khīṇāsavaṁ vantadosaṁ, tamahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇan”ti.

“The stranger, providing for no other, tamed, consolidated in the core, with defilements ended and flaws purged: that’s who I declare a brahmin.”