[535] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa gahapatissa ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālakato hoti . tassa kālakiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti na bhattaṃ paṭibhāti . so āḷahanaṃ gantvā gantvā kandati kahaṃ ekaputtaka kahaṃ ekaputtakāti . atha kho so gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[536] Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho taṃ gahapatiṃ bhagavā etadavoca na kho te gahapati sake citte ṭhitassa indriyāni atthi te indriyānaṃ aññathattanti . kiṃ hi me bhante indriyānaṃ nāññathattaṃ bhavissati mayhañhi bhante ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālakato tassa kālakiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti na bhattaṃ paṭibhāti sohaṃ āḷahanaṃ gantvā gantvā kandāmi kahaṃ ekaputtaka kahaṃ ekaputtakāti . evametaṃ gahapati evametaṃ gahapati piyajātikā hi gahapati sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhūtikāti . tassa kho nāmetaṃ bhante evaṃ bhante bhavissati piyajātikā sokaparideva- dukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhūtikā piyajātikā hi kho bhante ānandasomanassā piyappabhūtikāti . atha kho so gahapati bhagavato Bhāsitaṃ anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.

[537] Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā akkhadhuttā bhagavato avidūre akkhehi dibbanti . atha kho so gahapati yena te akkhadhuttā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā te akkhadhutte etadavoca idhāhaṃ bhonto yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃ ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho maṃ bhonto samaṇo gotamo etadavoca na kho [2]- gahapati sake citte ṭhitassa indriyāni atthi te indriyānaṃ aññathattanti {537.1} evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhonto samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ etadavocaṃ kiṃ hi me bhante indriyānaṃ nāññathattaṃ bhavissati mayhaṃ hi bhante ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālakato tassa kālakiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti na bhattaṃ paṭibhāti sohaṃ āḷahanaṃ gantvā gantvā kandāmi kahaṃ ekaputtaka kahaṃ ekaputtakāti evametaṃ gahapati evametaṃ gahapati piyajātikā hi gahapati sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhūtikāti tassa kho nāmetaṃ bhante evaṃ bhante bhavissati piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhūtikā piyajātikā hi kho bhante ānandasomanassā piyappabhūtikāti atha khohaṃ bhonto samaṇassa gotamassa bhāsitaṃ anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāminti . evametaṃ gahapati evametaṃ gahapati piyajātikā hi gahapati ānandasomanassā Piyappabhūtikāti . atha kho so gahapati sameti me akkhadhuttehīti pakkāmi.