[565] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā lomasakaṅgiyo sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ nigrodhārāme . Atha kho candano devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ nigrodhārāmaṃ obhāsetvā yenāyasmā lomasakaṅgiyo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[566] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho candano devaputto āyasmantaṃ lomasakaṅgiyaṃ etadavoca dhāresi tvaṃ bhikkhu bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañcāti . na kho ahaṃ āvuso dhāremi bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañca tvaṃ panāvuso dhāresi bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañcāti . ahampi kho bhikkhu na dhāremi bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañca dhāresi [1]- tvaṃ bhikkhu bhaddekarattiyo gāthāti . na kho ahaṃ āvuso dhāremi bhaddekarattiyo gāthā tvaṃ panāvuso dhāresi bhaddekarattiyo gāthāti . dhāremi kho ahaṃ bhikkhu bhaddekarattiyo gāthāti . yathākathaṃ pana tvaṃ āvuso dhāresi bhaddekarattiyo gāthāti.

[567] Ekamidaṃ bhikkhu samayaṃ bhagavā devesu tāvatiṃsesu viharati pāricchattakamūle paṇḍukambalasilāyaṃ . tatra kho bhagavā devānaṃ Tāvatiṃsānaṃ bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañca abhāsi 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.

[568] Evaṃ kho ahaṃ bhikkhu dhāremi bhaddekarattiyo gāthā uggaṇhāhi tvaṃ bhikkhu bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañca pariyāpuṇāhi tvaṃ bhikkhu bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañca dhārehi tvaṃ bhikkhu bhaddekarattassa uddesañca vibhaṅgañca atthasañhito bhikkhu bhaddekarattassa uddeso ca vibhaṅgo ca ādibrahmacariyakoti . idamavoca candano devaputto idaṃ vatvā tatthevantaradhāyi.