I wonder if any well-read person can solve this problem for me. Within
certain sutra I a reading in Chinese, the interlocutor asks the Buddha about
the true meaning of a verse he is said to have uttered to console the
heart-broken King Pasenadi upon the death of his mother (but probably,
grandmother). The verse roughly translates as follows:
"If even Buddhas, Pratyekabuddhas and shravakas cast off their impermanent
bodies, then how much more so in the case of ordinary people (puthajjanas)
!"
Does anybody recognize an approximate Pali equivalent for this verse ? Bear
in mind that it may not, in fact, actually occur in connection with Pasenadi
in the Pali canon. Unfortunately, there is nothing here that one could
readily use as a keyword to do a quick canonical search.