[296] Athakho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi yatāyaṃ āvuso tapodā sandati so daho acchodako sītodako sātodako setodako supatittho ramaṇīyo pahūtamacchakacchapo cakkamattāni Ca padumāni pupphanti atha ca panāyaṃ tapodā kuthitā sandatīti . Bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma āyasmā mahāmoggallāno evaṃ vakkhati yatāyaṃ āvuso tapodā sandati so daho acchodako sītodako sātodako setodako supatittho ramaṇīyo pahūtamacchakacchapo cakkamattāni ca padumāni pupphanti atha ca panāyaṃ tapodā kuthitā sandatīti uttarimanussadhammaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ullapatīti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . Yatāyaṃ bhikkhave tapodā sandati so daho acchodako sītodako sātodako setodako supatittho ramaṇīyo pahūtamacchakacchapo cakkamattāni ca padumāni pupphanti apicāyaṃ bhikkhave tapodā dvinnaṃ mahānirayānaṃ antarikāya āgacchati tenāyaṃ tapodā kuthitā sandati saccaṃ bhikkhave moggallāno āha anāpatti bhikkhave moggallānassāti.
[297] Tena kho pana samayena rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro licchavīhi saddhiṃ saṅgāmento pabhaggo hoti . atha rājā pacchā senaṃ saṅkaḍḍhitvā licchaviyo parājesi . saṅgāme ca nandi carati raññā licchaviyo pabhaggāti . athakho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi rājā āvuso licchavīhi pabhaggo saṅgāme ca nandi carati raññā licchaviyo pabhaggāti . bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma āyasmā mahāmoggallāno evaṃ vakkhati Rājā āvuso licchavīhi pabhaggo saṅgāme ca nandi carati raññā licchaviyo pabhaggāti uttarimanussadhammaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ullapatīti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . paṭhamaṃ bhikkhave rājā licchavīhi pabhaggo atha rājā pacchā senaṃ saṅkaḍḍhitvā licchaviyo parājesi saccaṃ bhikkhave moggallāno āha anāpatti bhikkhave moggallānassāti.
[298] Athakho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi idhāhaṃ āvuso sappinikāya nadiyā tīre āneñjaṃ samādhiṃ samāpanno nāgānaṃ ogayha uttarantānaṃ koñcaṃ karontānaṃ saddaṃ assosinti . Bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma āyasmā mahāmoggallāno evaṃ vakkhati idhāhaṃ āvuso sappinikāya nadiyā tīre āneñjaṃ samādhiṃ samāpanno nāgānaṃ ogayha uttarantānaṃ koñcaṃ karontānaṃ saddaṃ assosinti uttarimanussadhammaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ullapatīti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . Attheso bhikkhave samādhi so ca kho aparisuddho saccaṃ bhikkhave moggallāno āha anāpatti bhikkhave moggallānassāti.