[77] Atha kho dīghatapassī nigantho yena upālissa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami . addasā kho dovāriko dīghatapassiṃ niganthaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna dīghatapassiṃ niganthaṃ etadavoca tiṭṭha bhante mā pāvisi ajjatagge upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagato āvaṭaṃ dvāraṃ niganthānaṃ niganthīnaṃ anāvaṭaṃ dvāraṃ bhagavato sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ Upāsikānaṃ sace te bhante piṇḍakena attho ettheva tiṭṭha ettheva te āharissantīti . na me āvuso piṇḍakena atthoti vatvā tato paṭinivattitvā yena nigantho nāṭaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ etadavoca saccaṃyeva kho bhante yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagato etaṃ kho te ahaṃ bhante nālatthaṃ na kho me taṃ bhante ruccati yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa vādaṃ āropeyya samaṇo hi bhante gotamo māyāvī āvaṭṭaniṃ māyaṃ jānāti yāya aññatitthiyānaṃ sāvake āvaṭṭetīti āvaṭṭo kho te bhante upāli gahapati samaṇena gotamena āvaṭṭaniyā māyāyāti . aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ dīghatapassi anavakāso yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagaccheyya ṭhānañca kho etaṃ vijjati yaṃ samaṇo gotamo upālissa gahapatissa sāvakattaṃ upagaccheyyāti. {77.1} Dutiyampi kho dīghatapassī nigantho niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ etadavoca saccaṃyeva kho bhante yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagato etaṃ kho te ahaṃ bhante nālatthaṃ na kho me bhante ruccati yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa vādaṃ āropeyya samaṇo hi bhante gotamo māyāvī āvaṭṭaniṃ māyaṃ jānāti yāya aññatitthiyānaṃ sāvake āvaṭṭetīti āvaṭṭo kho te bhante Upāli gahapati samaṇena gotamena āvaṭṭaniyā māyāyāti . Aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ tapassi anavakāso yaṃ upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagaccheyya ṭhānañca kho etaṃ vijjati yaṃ samaṇo gotamo upālissa gahapatissa sāvakattaṃ upagaccheyya [2]- handa cāhaṃ tapassi gacchāmi yāva sāmaṃyeva jānāmi yadi vā upāli gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakattaṃ upagato yadi vā noti.