[190] Athakho bhagavā acirapakkante āyasmante ānande pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaraṃ ādāya nādikaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi nādike piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto pāde pakkhāletvā giñjakāvasathaṃ pavisitvā māgadhike paricārake ārabbha aṭṭhikatvā manasikatvā sabbaṃ cetaso samannāharitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi gatiṃ nesaṃ jānissāmi abhisamparāyaṃ yaṃgatikā te bhavanto yaṃabhisamparāyāti . addasā kho bhagavā māgadhike paricārake yaṃgatikā te bhavanto yaṃabhisamparāyā . Athakho bhagavā sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito giñjakāvasathā nikkhamitvā vihāracchāyāyaṃ paññatte āsane nisīdi.
[191] Athakho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ Nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca upasantapatisso bhante bhagavā bhātiriva bhagavato mukhavaṇṇo vippasannattā indriyānaṃ santena nūnajja bhante bhagavā vihārena vihāsīti . Yadeva kho me tvaṃ ānanda māgadhike paricārake ārabbha sammukhā parikathaṃ katvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkanto tadevāhaṃ nādike piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto pāde pakkhāletvā giñjakāvasathaṃ pavisitvā māgadhike paricārake ārabbha aṭṭhikatvā manasikatvā sabbaṃ cetaso samannāharitvā paññatte āsane nisīdiṃ gatiṃ nesaṃ jānissāmi abhisamparāyaṃ yaṃgatikā te bhavanto yaṃabhisamparāyāti addasaṃ kho ahaṃ ānanda māgadhike paricārake yaṃgatikā te bhavanto yaṃabhisamparāyā {191.1} athakho ānanda antarahito yakkho saddamanussāvesi janavasabho ahaṃ bhagavā janavasabho ahaṃ sugatāti abhijānāsi no tvaṃ ānanda ito pubbe evarūpaṃ nāmadheyyaṃ sutaṃ yadidaṃ janavasabhoti . na kho ahaṃ bhante abhijānāmi ito pubbe evarūpaṃ nāmadheyyaṃ sutaṃ yadidaṃ janavasabhoti apica me bhante lomāni haṭṭhāni janavasabhoti nāmadheyyaṃ sutvā tassa mayhaṃ bhante etadahosi na hi nūna so orako yakkho bhavissati yadidaṃ evarūpaṃ nāmadheyyaṃ supaññattaṃ yadidaṃ janavasabhoti. Antarā kho ānanda saddassa pātubhāvo uḷāravaṇṇo me yakkho sammukhe Pāturahosi dutiyampi saddamanussāvesi bimbisāro ahaṃ bhagavā bimbisāro ahaṃ sugata idaṃ sattamaṃ kho ahaṃ bhante vessavaṇassa mahārājassa sahabyataṃ upapajjāmi so ito cuto manussesu rājā bhavituṃ pahomi