[245] Evaṃ vutte aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kiṃvādī pana bhante bhagavā sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya na kenaci loke viggayha tiṭṭhati kathaṃ pana bhante kāmehi visaṃyuttaṃ viharantaṃ taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ akathaṃkathiṃ chinnakukkuccaṃ bhavābhave vītataṇhaṃ saññā nānusentīti . yatonidānaṃ bhikkhu purisaṃ papañcasaññāsaṅkhā samudācaranti ettha ce natthi abhinanditabbaṃ abhivaditabbaṃ ajjhositabbaṃ esevanto rāganusayānaṃ esevanto paṭighānusayānaṃ esevanto diṭṭhānusayānaṃ esevanto vicikicchānusayānaṃ esevanto mānānusayānaṃ esevanto bhavarāgānusayānaṃ esevanto avijjānusayānaṃ esevanto daṇḍādānasatthādānakalahaviggahavivādatuvaṃtuvapesuñña- musāvādānaṃ etthete pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhantīti . idamavoca bhagavā idaṃ vatvāna sugato uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ pāvisi.
[246] Atha kho tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ acirapakkantassa bhagavato etadahosi idaṃ kho no āvuso bhagavā saṅkhittena uddesaṃ uddisitvā vitthārena atthaṃ avibhajitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ paviṭṭho yatonidānaṃ bhikkhu purisaṃ papañcasaññāsaṅkhā samudācaranti ettha ce natthi Abhinanditabbaṃ abhivaditabbaṃ ajjhositabbaṃ esevanto rāgānusayānaṃ esevanto paṭighānusayānaṃ esevanto vicikicchānusayānaṃ esevanto mānānusayānaṃ esevanto bhavarāgānusayānaṃ esevanto avijjānusayānaṃ esevanto daṇḍādānasatthādānakalahaviggahavivādatuvaṃtuva- pesuññamusāvādānaṃ etthete pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhantīti ko nu kho imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajeyyāti. {246.1} Atha kho tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi ayaṃ kho āyasmā mahākaccāno satthu ceva saṃvaṇṇito sambhāvito ca viññūnaṃ sabrahmacārīnaṃ pahoti cāyasmā mahākaccāno imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajituṃ yannūna mayaṃ yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkameyyāma upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etamatthaṃ paṭipuccheyyāmāti . atha kho te bhikkhū yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā mahākaccānena saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. {246.2} Ekamantaṃ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etadavocuṃ idaṃ kho no āvuso kaccāna bhagavā saṅkhittena uddesaṃ uddisitvā vitthārena atthaṃ avibhajitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ paviṭṭho yatonidānaṃ bhikkhu purisaṃ papañcasaññāsaṅkhā samudācaranti Ettha ca natthi abhinanditabbaṃ .pe. etthete pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhantīti tesaṃ no āvuso kaccāna amhākaṃ acirapakkantassa bhagavato etadahosi idaṃ kho no āvuso bhagavā saṅkhittena uddesaṃ uddisitvā vitthārena atthaṃ avibhajitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ paviṭṭho yatonidānaṃ bhikkhu purisaṃ papañcasaññāsaṅkhā samudācaranti ettha ce natthi abhinanditabbaṃ .pe. etthete pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhantīti ko nu kho imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajeyyāti tesaṃ no āvuso kaccāna amhākaṃ etadahosi ayaṃ kho āvuso āyasmā mahākaccāno satthu ceva saṃvaṇṇito sambhāvito ca viññūnaṃ sabrahmacārīnaṃ pahoti cāyasmā mahākaccāno imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajituṃ yannūna mayaṃ yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkameyyāma upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etamatthaṃ paṭipuccheyyāmāti vibhajatāyasmā mahākaccānoti.