[598] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā samiddhi araññakuṭikāyaṃ viharati . atha kho potaliputto paribbājako jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yenāyasmā samiddhi tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā samiddhinā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[599] Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho potaliputto paribbājako āyasmantaṃ samiddhiṃ etadavoca sammukhā metaṃ āvuso samiddhi samaṇassa gotamassa sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ moghaṃ kāyakammaṃ moghaṃ vacīkammaṃ manokammameva saccanti atthi ca sā samāpatti yaṃ samāpattiṃ samāpanno na kiñci vediyatīti . mā evaṃ āvuso potaliputta avaca mā bhagavantaṃ abbhācikkha na hi sādhu bhagavato abbhakkhānaṃ na hi bhagavā evaṃ vadeyya moghaṃ kāyakammaṃ moghaṃ vacīkammaṃ manokammameva saccanti atthi ca kho sā āvuso samāpatti yaṃ samāpattiṃ samāpanno na kiñci vediyatīti kīvaciraṃ pabbajitosi āvuso samiddhīti . na ciraṃ āvuso tīṇi vassānīti . etthadāni mayaṃ there bhikkhū kiṃ vakkhāma yatra hi nāma evaṃ navo bhikkhu satthāraṃ parirakkhitabbaṃ maññissati sañcetanikaṃ āvuso samiddhi Kammaṃ katvā kāyena vācāya manasā kiṃ so vediyatīti . Sañcetanikaṃ āvuso potaliputta kammaṃ katvā kāyena vācāya manasā dukkhaṃ so vediyatīti . atha kho potaliputto paribbājako āyasmato samiddhissa bhāsitaṃ neva abhinandi nappaṭikkosi anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.

[600] Atha kho āyasmā samiddhi acirapakkante potaliputte paribbājake yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā samiddhi yāvatako ahosi potaliputtena paribbājakena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ āyasmato ānandattherassa ārocesi . evaṃ vutte āyasmā ānando āyasmantaṃ samiddhiṃ etadavoca atthi kho idaṃ āvuso samiddhi kathāpābhataṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya āyāmāvuso samiddhi yena bhagavā tenukapasaṅkameyyāma upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṃ bhagavato āroceyyāma yathā no bhagavā byākarissati tathā naṃ dhāreyyāmāti . evamāvusoti kho āyasmā samiddhi āyasmato ānandassa paccassosi . atha kho āyasmā ca samiddhi āyasmā ca ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando yāvatako ahosi āyasmato samiddhissa Potaliputtena paribbājakena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ bhagavato ārocesi.