[356] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto samayappavādake tiṇḍukācīre ekasālake mallikāya ārāme paṭivasati mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṃ pañcamattehi paribbājakasatehi . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati sāvatthiyā nikkhami divādivassa bhagavantaṃ dassanāya . Atha kho pañcakaṅgassa thapatissa etadahosi akālo kho tāva bhagavantaṃ dassanāya paṭisallīno bhagavā manobhāvanīyānampi bhikkhūnaṃ asamayo dassanāya paṭisallīnā manobhāvanīyā bhikkhū yannūnāhaṃ yena samayappavādako tiṇḍukācīro ekasālako mallikāya ārāmo yena uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto tenupasaṅkameyyanti . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati yena samayappavādako tiṇḍukācīro ekasālako mallikāya ārāmo tenupasaṅkami.

[357] Tena kho pana samayena uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṃ nisinno hoti unnādiniyā uccāsaddamahāsaddāya anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ kathentiyā seyyathīdaṃ rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ Bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthīkathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ kumbhadāsikathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lokakkhāyikaṃ samuddakkhāyikaṃ itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vā. {357.1} Addasā kho uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto pañcakaṅgaṃ thapatiṃ dūrato āgacchantaṃ disvāna sakaṃ parisaṃ saṇṭhapesi appasaddā bhonto hontu mā bhonto saddamakattha [2]- samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako āgacchati pañcakaṅgo thapati yāvatā kho pana samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakā gihī odātavasanā sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasanti ayaṃ tesaṃ aññataro pañcakaṅgo thapati appasaddakāmā kho pana te āyasmanto appasaddavinītā appasaddassa vaṇṇavādino appevanāma appasaddaṃ parisaṃ viditvā upasaṅkamitabbaṃ maññeyyāti . atha kho te paribbājakā tuṇhī ahesuṃ . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati yena uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā uggāhamānena paribbājakena samaṇamuṇḍikāputtena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.