[297] 4. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Magadhans at Dakkhiṇāgiri, in the brahmin village of Ekanāḷā. Now on that occasion some five hundred ploughs of the brahmin Kasibhāradvāja had been yoked, it being the time of sowing. Then the Blessed One, having dressed in the morning and taken his bowl and robe, approached the place where the brahmin Kasibhāradvāja's work was underway. Now on that occasion the brahmin Kasibhāradvāja's distribution of food (parivesanā) was in progress. Then the Blessed One approached the place of the food distribution; having approached, he stood to one side.
The brahmin Kasibhāradvāja saw the Blessed One standing there for alms; and on seeing him, he said this to the Blessed One: "I, ascetic (samaṇa), plough and sow; and having ploughed and sown, I eat. You too, ascetic, plough and sow; and having ploughed and sown, eat."
"I too, brahmin, plough and sow; and having ploughed and sown, I eat."
"But we see no yoke, no plough, no ploughshare, no goad, no oxen belonging to Master Gotama; and yet Master Gotama says this: 'I too, brahmin, plough and sow; and having ploughed and sown, I eat.'"
Then the brahmin Kasibhāradvāja addressed the Blessed One in a verse:
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.