[4] Evaṃ vutte verañjo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca jeṭṭho bhavaṃ gotamo seṭṭho bhavaṃ gotamo abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evamevaṃ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo Pakāsito esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ adhivāsetu ca me bhavaṃ gotamo verañjāyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti. Adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena . athakho verañjo brāhmaṇo bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.

[5] Tena kho pana samayena verañjā dubbhikkhā hoti dvīhitikā setaṭṭhikā salākāvuttā na sukarā uñchena paggahena yāpetuṃ. Tena kho pana samayena uttarāpathakā assavāṇijā pañcamattehi assasatehi verañjāyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ upagatā honti . tehi assamaṇḍalikāsu bhikkhūnaṃ patthapatthapūlakaṃ paññattaṃ hoti . bhikkhū pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya verañjāyaṃ piṇḍāya pavisitvā piṇḍaṃ alabhamānā assamaṇḍalikāsu piṇḍāya caritvā patthapatthapūlakaṃ ārāmaṃ haritvā udukkhale koṭṭetvā koṭṭetvā paribhuñjanti . āyasmā panānando patthapūlakaṃ silāyaṃ piṃsitvā bhagavato upanāmeti. Taṃ bhagavā paribhuñjati. {5.1} Assosi kho bhagavā udukkhalasaddaṃ. Jānantāpi tathāgatā pucchanti jānantāpi na pucchanti kālaṃ viditvā pucchanti kālaṃ viditvā na pucchanti Atthasañhitaṃ tathāgatā pucchanti no anatthasañhitaṃ anatthasañhite setughāto tathāgatānaṃ . dvīhākārehi buddhā bhagavanto bhikkhū paṭipucchanti dhammaṃ vā desessāma sāvakānaṃ vā sikkhāpadaṃ paññāpessāmāti . Athakho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi kinnu kho so ānanda udukkhalasaddoti . athakho āyasmā ānando bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesi . sādhu sādhu ānanda tumhehi ānanda sappurisehi vijitaṃ pacchimā janatā sālimaṃsodanaṃ atimaññissatīti.