When Jakusho, now a priest, was begging for offerings in a city, he came across his former wife, who harassed him by saying, 'I have been wishing that you would be like this (being in reduced circumstances) as a punishment for deserting me, and now I am able to see it realized.'
出家した寂照が、都で乞食をしていたところ、離縁した妻に会い、元妻に「『私を捨てた報いで、このように（落ちぶれた姿に）なれ』と思っていたが、この通り見届けることができたことよ」と辱めを受けた。