[105] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe aciraparinibbute bhagavati . tena kho pana samayena rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto rājagahaṃ paṭisaṅkhārāpeti rañño pajjotassa āsaṅkamāno . atha kho āyasmā ānando pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi . atha kho āyasmato ānandassa etadahosi atippago kho tāva rājagahe piṇḍāya carituṃ yannūnāhaṃ yena gopakamoggallānassa brāhmaṇassa kammanto yena gopakamoggallāno brāhmaṇo tenupasaṅkameyyanti. {105.1} Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena gopakamoggallānassa brāhmaṇassa kammanto yena gopakamoggallāno brāhmaṇo tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho gopakamoggallāno brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ dūrato āgacchantaṃ disvāna āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca etu kho bhavaṃ ānando svāgataṃ bhoto ānandassa cirassaṃ kho bhavaṃ ānando imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāya nisīdatu bhavaṃ ānando idamāsanaṃ paññattanti . Nisīdi kho āyasmā ānando paññatte āsane . gopakamoggallānopi kho brāhmaṇo aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā [2]- nisīdi.

[106] Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho gopakamoggallāno brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca atthi nu kho bho ānanda ekabhikkhupi tehi dhammehi sabbena sabbaṃ sabbathā sabbaṃ samannāgato yehi dhammehi samannāgato so bhavaṃ gotamo ahosi arahaṃ sammāsambuddhoti . natthi kho brāhmaṇa ekabhikkhupi tehi dhammehi sabbena sabbaṃ sabbathā sabbaṃ samannāgato yehi dhammehi samannāgato so bhagavā ahosi arahaṃ sammāsambuddho so hi brāhmaṇa bhagavā anuppannassa maggassa uppādetā asañjātassa maggassa sañjānetā anakkhātassa maggassa akkhātā maggaññū maggavidū maggakovido maggānugā ca pana etarahi sāvakā viharanti pacchā samannāgatāti . ayañca hidaṃ āyasmato ānandassa gopakamoggallānena brāhmaṇena saddhiṃ antarākathā vippakatā ahosi.