sn7.11:2.1 Now at that time Bhāradvāja the Farmer was distributing food.
sn7.11:2.2 Then the Buddha went to where the distribution was taking place and stood to one side.
sn7.11:2.3 Bhāradvāja the Farmer saw him standing for alms
sn7.11:2.4 and said to him,
sn7.11:2.5 “I plough and sow, ascetic, and then I eat.
sn7.11:2.6 You too should plough and sow, then you may eat.”
sn7.11:2.7 “I too plough and sow, brahmin, and then I eat.”
sn7.11:2.8 “I don’t see the worthy Gotama with a yoke or plow or plowshare or goad or oxen, yet he says:
sn7.11:2.9 ‘I too plough and sow, brahmin, and then I eat.’”
sn7.11:2.10 Then Bhāradvāja the Farmer addressed the Buddha in verse: