བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་ཀྱིས་བཀའ་སྩལ་པ།
the Blessed One replied, “That monk caretaker was a shape shifter and yet this was so: if the group of six had not opposed him, he would have served the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha for as long as the teachings remained.”
Monks, Karma; Time, Discipline; Ordination, Bhikṣuṇīs