[445] Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ca anuruddho āyasmā ca nandiyo āyasmā ca kimbilo pācīnavaṃsadāye viharanti . addasā kho dāyapālako bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna bhagavantaṃ etadavoca mā samaṇa etaṃ dāyaṃ pāvisi santettha tayo kulaputtā attakāmarūpā viharanti mā tesaṃ aphāsumakāsīti . Assosi kho āyasmā anuruddho dāyapālassa bhagavatā saddhiṃ mantiyamānassa sutvāna dāyapālaṃ etadavoca mā āvuso dāyapāla bhagavantaṃ vāresi satthā no bhagavā anuppattoti.

[446] Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ anuruddhaṃ bhagavā etadavoca kacci vo anuruddhā khamanīyaṃ kacci yāpanīyaṃ kacci piṇḍakena kilamitthāti . khamanīyaṃ bhagavā yāpanīyaṃ bhagavā na mayaṃ bhante piṇḍakena kilamāmāti . kacci pana vo anuruddhā samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṃ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharathāti . taggha mayaṃ bhante samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṃ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharāmāti . yathākathaṃ pana tumhe anuruddhā samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṃ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharathāti.

[447] Idha mayhaṃ bhante evaṃ hoti lābhā vata me suladdhaṃ Vate me yohaṃ evarūpehi sabrahmacārīhi saddhiṃ viharāmīti tassa mayhaṃ bhante imesu āyasmantesu mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca mettaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ āvī ceva raho ca tassa mayhaṃ bhante evaṃ hoti yannūnāhaṃ sakaṃ cittaṃ nikkhipitvā imesaṃyeva āyasmantānaṃ cittassa vasena vatteyyanti so kho ahaṃ bhante sakaṃ cittaṃ nikkhipitvā imesaṃyeva āyasmantānaṃ cittassa vasena vattāmi nānā hi kho no bhante kāyā ekañca pana maññe cittanti.