[380] Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhante āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ etadavocaṃ byākataṃ kho āvuso moggallāna āyasmatā ca Mahākassapena yathāsakaṃ paṭibhānaṃ tatthadāni mayaṃ āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ pucchāma .pe. kathaṃrūpena āvuso moggallāna bhikkhunā gosiṅgasālavanaṃ sobheyyāti evaṃ vutte bhante āyasmā mahāmoggallāno maṃ etadavoca idhāvuso sārīputta dve bhikkhū abhidhammakathaṃ kathenti te aññamaññaṃ pañhaṃ pucchanti aññamaññassa pañhaṃ puṭṭhā visajjenti no ca saṃsādenti dhammī ca nesaṃ kathā pavattanī hoti evarūpena kho āvuso sārīputta bhikkhunā gosiṅgasālavanaṃ sobheyyāti . sādhu sādhu sārīputta yathātaṃ moggallānova sammā byākaramāno byākareyya moggallāno hi sārīputta dhammakathikoti.
[381] Evaṃ vutte āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhagavantaṃ etadavoca atha khvāhaṃ bhante āyasmantaṃ sārīputtaṃ etadavocaṃ byākataṃ kho āvuso sārīputta amhehi sabbeheva yathāsakaṃ paṭibhānaṃ tatthadāni mayaṃ āyasmantaṃ sārīputtaṃ pucchāma ramaṇīyaṃ āvuso sārīputta gosiṅgasālavanaṃ dosinā ratti sabbaphāliphullā sālā dibbā maññe gandhā sampavanti kathaṃrūpena āvuso sārīputta bhikkhunā gosiṅgasālavanaṃ sobheyyāti evaṃ vutte bhante āyasmā sārīputto maṃ etadavoca idhāvuso moggallāna bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati so yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati pubbaṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ Viharati yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati majjhantikasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā majjhantikasamayaṃ viharati yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati sāyaṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā sāyaṇhasamayaṃ viharati seyyathāpi āvuso moggallāna rañño vā rājamahāmattassa vā nānārattānaṃ dussānaṃ dussakaraṇḍako pūro assa so yaññadeva dussayugaṃ ākaṅkheyya pubbaṇhasamayaṃ pārupituṃ taṃtadeva dussayugaṃ pubbaṇhasamayaṃ pārupeyya yaññadeva dussayugaṃ ākaṅkheyya majjhantikasamayaṃ pārupituṃ taṃtadeva dussayugaṃ majjhantikasamayaṃ pārupeyya yaññadeva dussayugaṃ ākaṅkheyya sāyaṇhasamayaṃ pārupituṃ taṃtadeva dussayugaṃ sāyaṇhasamayaṃ pārupeyya {381.1} evameva kho āvuso moggallāna bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati so yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati pubbaṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ viharati yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati majjhantikasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā majjhantikasamayaṃ viharati yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati sāyaṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā sāyaṇhasamayaṃ viharati evarūpena kho āvuso moggallāna bhikkhunā gosiṅgasālavanaṃ sobheyyāti . sādhu sādhu moggallāna yathātaṃ sārīputtova sammā byākaramāno byākareyya sārīputto hi moggallāna cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti no ca sārīputto cittassa vasena vattati so yāya Vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati pubbaṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ viharati yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati majjhantikasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā majjhantikasamayaṃ viharati yāya vihārasamāpattiyā ākaṅkhati sāyaṇhasamayaṃ viharituṃ tāya vihārasamāpattiyā sāyaṇhasamayaṃ viharatīti.