[420] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati aññataraṃ purisaṃ āmantesi ehi tvaṃ ambho purisa yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena āyasmato anuruddhassa pāde sirasā vandāhi [1]- pañcakaṅgo bhante thapati āyasmato anuruddhassa pāde sirasā vandatīti evañca vadehi adhivāsetu kira bhante āyasmā anuruddho pañcakaṅgassa thapatissa svātanāya attacatuttho bhattaṃ yena ca kira bhante āyasmā anuruddho pagevataraṃ āgaccheyya pañcakaṅgo bhante thapati bahukicco bahukaraṇīyo rājakaraṇīyenāti . evaṃ bhanteti kho so puriso pañcakaṅgassa thapatissa paṭissutvā yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so puriso āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca pañcakaṅgo bhante thapati āyasmato anuruddhassa pāde sirasā vandati evañca vadeti adhivāsetu kira bhante āyasmā anuruddho pañcakaṅgassa thapatissa svātanāya attacatuttho bhattaṃ yena ca kira bhante āyasmā anuruddho pagevataraṃ āgaccheyya pañcakaṅgo bhante thapati bahukicco bahukaraṇīyo rājakaraṇīyenāti . adhivāsesi Kho āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhībhāvena.

[421] Atha kho āyasmā anuruddho tassā rattiyā accayena pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena pañcakaṅgassa thapatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamanataṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ etadavoca {421.1} idha maṃ bhante therā bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṃsu appamāṇaṃ gahapati cetovimuttiṃ bhāvehīti ekacce therā evamāhaṃsu mahaggataṃ gahapati cetovimuttiṃ bhāvehīti yā cāyaṃ bhante appamāṇā cetovimutti yā ca mahaggatā cetovimutti ime dhammā nānatthā ceva nānābyañjanā ca udāhu ekatthā byañjanameva nānanti . tenahi gahapati taññevettha paṭibhātu apaṇṇakante ito bhavissatīti . Mayhaṃ kho bhante evaṃ hoti yā cāyaṃ appamāṇā cetovimutti yā ca mahaggatā cetovimutti ime dhammā ekatthā byañjanameva nānanti.