祝いの席で葬儀の偈を唱えるなど、常に場違いなことを言う癖で悪名高い長老で、舎利弗に匹敵する学識があると豪語しながら、説法を求められると恥をかいた。

An elder notorious for a knack of saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong moment, such as reciting funeral verses at festivities, and for boastfully claiming knowledge equal to Sāriputta’s only to be humiliated when called on to teach.