[363] Idha mayhaṃ bhante evaṃ hoti lābhā vata me suladdhaṃ vata me yohaṃ evarūpehi sabrahmacārīhi saddhiṃ viharāmīti tassa mayhaṃ bhante imesu āyasmantesu mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ ... mettaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca tassa mayhaṃ bhante evaṃ hoti yannūnāhaṃ sakaṃ cittaṃ Nikkhipitvā imesaṃyeva āyasmantānaṃ cittassa vasena vatteyyanti so kho ahaṃ bhante sakaṃ cittaṃ nikkhipitvā imesaṃyeva āyasmantānaṃ cittassa vasena vattāmi nānā hi kho no bhante kāyā ekañca pana maññe cittanti. {363.1} Āyasmāpi kho nandiyo .pe. āyasmāpi kho kimilo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca idha mayhampi kho bhante evaṃ hoti lābhā vata me suladdhaṃ vata me yohaṃ evarūpehi sabrahmacārīhi saddhiṃ viharāmīti tassa mayhaṃ bhante imesu āyasmantesu mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ ... mettaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca tassa mayhaṃ bhante evaṃ hoti yannūnāhaṃ sakaṃ cittaṃ nikkhipitvā imesaṃyeva āyasmantānaṃ cittassa vasena vatteyyanti so kho ahaṃ bhante sakaṃ cittaṃ nikkhipitvā imesaṃyeva āyasmantānaṃ cittassa vasena vattāmi nānā hi kho no bhante kāyā ekañca pana maññe cittanti . evaṃ kho mayaṃ bhante samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṃ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharāmāti.
[364] Sādhu sādhu anuruddhā kacci pana vo anuruddhā appamattā ātāpino pahitattā viharathāti . taggha mayaṃ bhante appamattā ātāpino pahitattā viharāmāti . yathākathaṃ pana tumhe anuruddhā appamattā ātāpino pahitattā viharathāti . idha pana bhante amhākaṃ yo paṭhamaṃ gāmato piṇḍāya paṭikkamati so Āsanāni paññāpeti pānīyaṃ paribhojanīyaṃ upaṭṭhapeti avakkārapātiṃ upaṭṭhapeti yo pacchā gāmato piṇḍāya paṭikkamati sace hoti bhuttāvaseso sace ākaṅkhati bhuñjati no ce ākaṅkhati appaharite vā chaḍḍeti appāṇake vā udake opilāpeti so āsanāni paṭisāmeti pānīyaṃ paribhojanīyaṃ paṭisāmeti avakkārapātiṃ paṭisāmeti bhattaggaṃ sammajjati yo passati pānīyaghaṭaṃ vā paribhojanīyaghaṭaṃ vā vaccaghaṭaṃ vā rittaṃ tucchaṃ so upaṭṭhapeti sacāssa hoti avisayhaṃ hatthavikārena dutiyaṃ āmantetvā hatthavilaṅghikena upaṭṭhapema na tveva mayaṃ bhante tappaccayā vācaṃ bhindāma pañcāhikaṃ kho pana mayaṃ bhante sabbarattikaṃ dhammiyā kathāya sannisīdāma evaṃ kho mayaṃ bhante appamattā ātāpino pahitattā viharāmāti.