[114] When this was said, a certain bhikkhu said this to the Blessed One: "What, venerable sir, was the cause, what the condition, whereby Suppabuddha the leper was a poor human being, a wretched human being, a miserable human being?"
"Formerly, bhikkhus, Suppabuddha the leper was the son of a rich financier (seṭṭhi) in this very Rājagaha. While going out to the pleasure-garden grounds, he saw the Paccekabuddha Tagarasikhī walking for alms in the city. On seeing him, it occurred to him: 'Who is this leper wandering about?' And having spat, and having turned his left side toward him, he departed. Through the result (vipāka) of that action (kamma), he was roasted in hell (niraya) for many years, for many hundreds of years, for many thousands of years, for many hundreds of thousands of years; and through the residue of the result of that same action, in this very Rājagaha he was a poor human being, a wretched human being, a miserable human being. Relying on the Dhamma and Discipline (dhammavinaya) proclaimed by the Tathāgata, he undertook faith (saddhā), undertook virtue (sīla), undertook learning (suta), undertook generosity (cāga), undertook wisdom (paññā). Having relied on the Dhamma and Discipline proclaimed by the Tathāgata, and having undertaken faith, undertaken virtue, undertaken learning, undertaken generosity, and undertaken wisdom, with the breaking up of the body, after death, he was reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world (sagga), in companionship with the devas of Tāvatiṃsa. There he outshines the other devas in beauty and in glory."
Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
"As one with eyes, while exertion exists,
would avoid uneven places,
so should a wise person in the world of the living
avoid evils."
The third [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.