[250] Evaṃ vutte āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca seyyathāpi bhante puriso jighacchādubbalyapareto madhupiṇḍikaṃ adhigaccheyya so yato yato sāyeyya labhetheva sāduṃ rasaṃ asecanakaṃ evameva kho bhante cetaso bhikkhu dabbajātiko yato yato imassa dhammapariyāyassa paññāya atthaṃ upaparikkheyya labhetha ceva attamanataṃ labhetha ca cetaso pasādaṃ ko nāmāyaṃ bhante dhammapariyāyoti . Tasmātiha tvaṃ ānanda imaṃ dhammapariyāyaṃ madhupiṇḍikapariyāyotveva naṃ dhārehīti. Idamavoca bhagavā attamano āyasmā ānando bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandīti. Madhupiṇḍikasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ. ----------