[741] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ca sārīputto āyasmā ca mahācundo āyasmā ca channo gijjhakūṭe pabbate viharanti . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā channo ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

[742] Atha kho āyasmā sārīputto sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā mahācundo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahācundaṃ etadavoca āyāmāvuso cunda yenāyasmā channo tenupasaṅkamissāma gilānapucchakāti . evamāvusoti kho āyasmā mahācundo āyasmato sārīputtassa paccassosi . Atha kho āyasmā ca sārīputto āyasmā ca mahācundo yenāyasmā channo tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā channena saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā sārīputto āyasmantaṃ channaṃ etadavoca kacci te āvuso channa khamanīyaṃ kacci yāpanīyaṃ kacci dukkhā vedanā paṭikkamanti no abhikkamanti paṭikkamo sānaṃ paññāyati no abhikkamoti . na me āvuso sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamo sānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.

[743] Seyyathāpi āvuso sārīputta [1]- puriso tiṇhena sikharena sīsaṃ abhimattheyya evameva kho me āvuso sārīputta adhimattā vātā muddhānaṃ ohananti na me āvuso sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamo sānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.

[744] Seyyathāpi āvuso sārīputta balavā puriso daḷhena varattakkhaṇḍena sīse sīsaveṭṭhanaṃ dadeyya evameva kho me āvuso sārīputta adhimattā vātā sīsaṃ parikantanti na me āvuso sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamo sānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.