[67] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ . tena kho pana samayena sambahulehi bhikkhūhi bhagavato santike aññā byākatā hoti khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāmāti.

[68] Assosi kho sunakkhatto licchaviputto sambahulehi kira bhikkhūhi bhagavato santike aññā byākatā khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāmāti . atha kho sunakkhatto licchaviputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho sunakkhatto licchaviputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca sutaṃ metaṃ bhante sambahulehi kira bhikkhūhi bhagavato santike aññā byākatā khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāmāti ye te [1]- bhikkhū bhagavato santike aññaṃ byākaṃsu khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāmāti kacci te bhante bhikkhū sammadeva aññaṃ byākaṃsu udāhu santetthekacce bhikkhū adhimānena aññaṃ byākaṃsūti.

[69] Ye te sunakkhatta bhikkhū mama santike aññaṃ byākaṃsu khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti Pajānāmāti santetthekacce bhikkhū sammadeva aññaṃ byākaṃsu santi panidhekacce bhikkhū adhimānenapi aññaṃ byākaṃsu . tatra sunakkhatta ye te bhikkhū sammadeva aññaṃ byākaṃsu tesantaṃ tatheva hoti . ye pana te bhikkhū adhimānena aññaṃ byākaṃsu tatra sunakkhatta tathāgatassa evaṃ hoti dhammaṃ nesaṃ desessanti . Evañcettha sunakkhatta tathāgatassa hoti dhammaṃ nesaṃ desessanti . Atha ca panidhekacce moghapurisā pañhaṃ abhisaṅkharitvā abhisaṅkharitvā tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā pucchanti tatra sunakkhatta yampi tathāgatassa evaṃ hoti dhammaṃ nesaṃ desessanti tassapi hoti aññathattanti . Etassa bhagavā kālo etassa sugata kālo yaṃ bhagavā dhammaṃ deseyya bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantīti . tenahi sunakkhatta suṇāhi sādhukaṃ manasikarohi bhāsissāmīti . evaṃ bhanteti kho sunakkhatto licchaviputto bhagavato paccassosi.