[78] Atha kho nigantho nāṭaputto mahatiyā niganthaparisāya saddhiṃ yena upālissa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami . addasā kho dovāriko niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ 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. {78.1} Tenahi samma dovārika yena upāli gahapati tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā upāliṃ gahapatiṃ evaṃ vadehi nigantho nāṭaputto mahatiyā niganthaparisāya saddhiṃ bahidvārakoṭṭhake ṭhito so te dassanakāmoti . evaṃ bhanteti kho dovāriko niganthassa nāṭaputtassa paṭissutvā yena upāli gahapati tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā upāliṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca nigantho bhante nāṭaputto mahatiyā niganthaparisāya Saddhiṃ bahidvārakoṭṭhake ṭhito so te dassanakāmoti. {78.2} Tenahi samma dovārika majjhimāya dvārasālāya āsanāni paññāpesīti . evaṃ bhanteti kho dovāriko upālissa gahapatissa paṭissutvā majjhimāya dvārasālāya āsanāni paññāpetvā yena upāli gahapati tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā upāliṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca paññattāni kho bhante majjhimāya dvārasālāya āsanāni yassadāni kālaṃ maññasīti . atha kho upāli gahapati yena majjhimā dvārasālā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā yaṃ tattha āsanaṃ aggañca seṭṭhañca uttamañca paṇītañca tattha sāmaṃ nisīditvā dovārikaṃ āmantesi tenahi samma dovārika yena nigantho nāṭaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ evaṃ vadehi upāli bhante gahapati evamāha pavisa kira bhante sace ākaṅkhasīti. Evaṃ bhanteti kho dovāriko upālissa gahapatissa paṭissutvā yena nigantho nāṭaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ etadavoca upāli bhante gahapati evamāha pavisa kira bhante sace ākaṅkhasīti. Atha kho nigantho nāṭaputto mahatiyā niganthaparisāya saddhiṃ yena majjhimā dvārasālā tenupasaṅkami.