[388] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena aciravato samaṇuddeso araññe kuṭikāyaṃ viharati. Atha kho jayaseno rājakumāro jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena aciravato samaṇuddeso tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā aciravatena samaṇuddesena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[389] Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho jayaseno rājakumāro aciravataṃ samaṇuddesaṃ etadavoca sutaṃ metaṃ bho aggivessana idha bhikkhu appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto phuseyya cittassa ekaggatanti . evametaṃ rājakumāra evametaṃ rājakumāra idha bhikkhu appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto phuseyya cittassa ekaggatanti . sādhu me bhavaṃ aggivessano yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ desetūti.

[390] Na kho te ahaṃ rājakumāra sakkomi yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ dassetuṃ ahañcarahi te rājakumāra yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ tavañca me bhāsitassa atthaṃ na ājāneyyāsi so mamassa kilamatho sā mamassa vihesāti . desetu me bhavaṃ aggivessano yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ appevanāmahaṃ bhoto Aggivessanassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājāneyyanti . deseyyaṃ kho te ahaṃ rājakumāra yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ sace me tvaṃ bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājāneyyāsi iccetaṃ kusalaṃ no ce me tvaṃ bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājāneyyāsi yathāsake tiṭṭheyyāsi na maṃ tattha uttariṃ paṭipuccheyyāsīti . desetu me bhavaṃ aggivessano yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ sace ahaṃ bhoto aggivessanassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājāneyyāmi iccetaṃ kusalaṃ no ce ahaṃ bhoto aggivessanassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānissāmi yathāsake tiṭṭhissāmi nāhaṃ tattha bhavantaṃ aggivessanaṃ uttariṃ paṭipucchissāmīti.

[391] Atha kho aciravato samaṇuddeso jayasenassa rājakumārassa yathāsutaṃ yathāpariyattaṃ dhammaṃ desesi . Evaṃ vutte jayaseno rājakumāro aciravataṃ samaṇuddesaṃ etadavoca aṭṭhānametaṃ bho aggivessana anavakāso yaṃ bhikkhu appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto phuseyya cittassa ekaggatanti . atha kho jayaseno rājakumāro aciravatassa samaṇuddesassa aṭṭhānattañca anavakāsattañca pavedetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi . atha kho aciravato samaṇuddeso acirapakkante jayasene rājakumāre yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho aciravato samaṇuddeso yāvatako ahosi jayasenena rājakumārena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ bhagavato ārocesi.