[188] Atha kho brahmā sahampati bhagavato cetasā ceto parivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva Brahmaloke antarahito bhagavato purato pāturahosi. {188.1} Atha kho brahmā sahampati ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhinandatu bhante bhagavā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ abhivadatu bhante bhagavā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ seyyathāpi bhante bhagavatā pubbe bhikkhusaṅgho anuggahito evameva bhagavā etarahi anuggaṇhātu bhikkhusaṅghaṃ santettha bhante bhikkhū navā acirapabbajitā adhunāgatā imaṃ dhammavinayaṃ tesaṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya alabhantānaṃ siyā aññathattaṃ siyā vipariṇāmo seyyathāpi bhante bījānaṃ taruṇānaṃ udakaṃ alabhantānaṃ siyā aññathattaṃ siyā vipariṇāmo evameva bhante santettha bhikkhū navā acirapabbajitā adhunāgatā imaṃ dhammavinayaṃ tesaṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya alabhantānaṃ siyā aññathattaṃ siyā vipariṇāmo seyyathāpi bhante vacchassa taruṇassa mātaraṃ apassantassa siyā aññathattaṃ siyā vipariṇāmo evameva kho bhante santettha bhikkhū navā acirapabbajitā adhunāgatā imaṃ dhammavinayaṃ tesaṃ bhagavantaṃ apassantānaṃ siyā aññathattaṃ siyā vipariṇāmo abhinandatu bhante bhagavā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ abhivadatu bhante bhagavā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ seyyathāpi bhante bhagavatā pubbe bhikkhusaṅgho anuggahito evameva bhagavā etarahi anuggaṇhātu bhikkhusaṅghanti . Asakkhiṃsu kho cātumeyyakā ca sakyā brahmā ca sahampati bhagavantaṃ pasādetuṃ bījūpamena ca taruṇūpamena cāti .

[189] Atha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi uṭṭhethāvuso gaṇhatha pattacīvaraṃ pasādito bhagavā cātumeyyakehi ca sakyehi brahmunā ca sahampatinā bījūpamena ca taruṇūpamena cāti . evamāvusoti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato mahāmoggallānassa paṭissutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pattacīvaramādāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ sārīputtaṃ bhagavā etadavoca kinti te sārīputta ahosi mayā bhikkhusaṅghe paṇāmiteti . evaṃ kho me bhante ahosi bhagavatā bhikkhusaṅghe paṇāmite appossukkodāni bhagavā diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāraṃ anuyutto viharissati mayampidāni appossukkā diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāramanuyuttā viharissāmāti . Āgamehi tvaṃ sārīputta āgamehi tvaṃ sārīputta na kho te sārīputta punapi evarūpaṃ cittaṃ uppādetabbanti . atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ āmantesi kinti te moggallāna ahosi mayā bhikkhusaṅghe paṇāmiteti . evaṃ kho me bhante ahosi bhagavatā bhikkhusaṅghe paṇāmite appossukkodāni bhagavā diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāraṃ anuyutto viharissati ahañcadāni āyasmā ca sārīputto bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pariharissāmāti . sādhu sādhu moggallāna ahaṃ vā hi Moggallāna bhikkhusaṅghaṃ parihareyyaṃ sārīputtamoggallānā vāti .