[563] Atha kho te bhikkhū āyasmato mahākaccānassa bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ yaṃ kho no bhante bhagavā saṅkhittena uddesaṃ uddisitvā vitthārena atthaṃ avibhajitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ paviṭṭho atītaṃ nānvāgameyya .pe. Taṃ ve bhaddekarattoti santo ācikkhate munīti tesanno bhante amhākaṃ acirapakkantassa bhagavato etadahosi idaṃ kho no āvuso bhagavā saṅkhittena uddesaṃ uddisitvā vitthārena atthaṃ avibhajitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ paviṭṭho atītaṃ nānvāgameyya nappaṭikaṅkhe anāgataṃ yadatītampahīnantaṃ appattañca anāgataṃ paccuppannañca yo dhammaṃ tattha tattha vipassati asaṃhiraṃ asaṅkuppaṃ taṃ viddhā manubrūhaye ajjeva kiccamātappaṃ ko jaññā maraṇaṃ suve na hi no saṅgarantena mahāsenena maccunā evaṃvihārimātāpiṃ ahorattamatanditaṃ taṃ ve bhaddekarattoti santo ācikkhate munīti ko nu kho imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa Vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajeyyāti tesanno bhante amhākaṃ etadahosi ayaṃ kho āyasmā mahākaccāno satthu ceva saṃvaṇṇito sambhāvito ca viññūnaṃ sabrahmacārīnaṃ pahoti cāyasmā mahākaccāno imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajituṃ yannūna mayaṃ yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkameyyāma upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etamatthaṃ paṭipuccheyyāmāti atha kho mayaṃ bhante yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkamimhā upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etamatthaṃ paṭipucchimhā tesanno bhante āyasmatā mahākaccānena imehi ākārehi imehi padehi imehi byañjanehi attho vibhattoti.

[564] Paṇḍito bhikkhave mahākaccāno mahāpañño bhikkhave mahākaccāno mañcepi [1]- bhikkhave etamatthaṃ paṭipuccheyyātha ahampi taṃ evamevaṃ byākareyyaṃ yathātaṃ mahākaccānena byākataṃ eso ceva tassa attho evañca naṃ dhārethāti. Idamavoca bhagavā attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti. Mahākaccānabhaddekarattasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ tatiyaṃ. --------