Ud 7.10

Utenasutta

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme. Tena kho pana samayena rañño utenassa uyyānagatassa antepuraṁ daḍḍhaṁ hoti, pañca ca itthisatāni kālaṅkatāni honti sāmāvatīpamukhāni.

King Udena

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery. Now at that time, while King Udena was visiting a park, his royal compound burned down. Five hundred women died, with Queen Sāmāvatī at their head.

Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya kosambiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisiṁsu. Kosambiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ: “idha, bhante, rañño utenassa uyyānagatassa antepuraṁ daḍḍhaṁ, pañca ca itthisatāni kālaṅkatāni sāmāvatīpamukhāni. Tāsaṁ, bhante, upāsikānaṁ kā gati ko abhisamparāyo”ti?

Then several mendicants robed up in the morning and, taking their bowls and robes, entered Kosambī for alms. Then, after the meal, when they returned from almsround, they went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him had happened. They asked the Buddha, “Sir, where have those laywomen been reborn in the next life?”

“Santettha, bhikkhave, upāsikāyo sotāpannā, santi sakadāgāminiyo, santi anāgāminiyo. Sabbā tā, bhikkhave, upāsikāyo anipphalā kālaṅkatā”ti.

“Among those laywomen there were stream-enterers, once-returners, and non-returners. None of those laywomen died without some fruit of the practice.”

Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:

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

“Mohasambandhano loko, bhabbarūpova dissati; Upadhibandhano bālo, tamasā parivārito; Sassatoriva khāyati, passato natthi kiñcanan”ti.

“The world is caught up in delusion, but is looked on as making sense. The fool caught up in attachment is surrounded by darkness. It seems as if eternal, but for one who sees, there is nothing.”