Question

summary of lesson Upagupta

Answer 1

Upagupta is a disciple of Buddha, and goes from one place to another. He is sleeping in a small town when a dancing girl wakes him up and requests him to sleep at her home. Upagupta refuses, and tells her “I will visit you when the time is ripe.”.
A year later, and again on travel to the same place, Upagupta finds the dancing girl lying on the ground outside the town, having sores all over the body and shunned by the townsfolk. He applies balm on her body and when asked who he was, he replies “The time has come to visit you and I am here.”

Answer 2

The summary of lesson Upagupta are :

• The poem tells the story of a Buddhist monk Upagupta, a student of King Buddha and a dancing girl of Mathura Vasavadatta.
• She was a famous and beautiful dancer.
• He was proud of his beauty, youth, and wealth.
• Upagupta is a Buddhist monk.
• Upagupta is a student of the Buddha, and travels from place to place.
• Upagupta was a self-sacrificing man, too an image of kindness, wisdom and self-sacrifice.
• He is sleeping in a small town when a girl dances and wakes him up and asks him to stay overnight.
• Upagupta refuses, then tells him that "I will visit you when the time is right."
• A year later, and on his way to the same place, Upagupta finds a girl dancing on the ground outside the city, with swelling all over her body and people in the city make a run for it.
• She bless her body and when asked who she is, she replies “It is time to visit you and I am here.