[754] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati isigilipasse kāḷasilāyaṃ mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi . tesaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno cetasā cittaṃ samannesati vippamuttaṃ nirūpadhiṃ.

[755] Atha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi ayaṃ kho bhagavā rājagahe viharati isigilipasse kāḷasilāyaṃ mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi tesaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno cetasā cittaṃ samannesati vippamuttaṃ nirūpadhiṃ yannūnāhaṃ āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ bhagavato sammukhā sarūpāhi gāthāhi abhitthaveyyanti . atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca paṭibhāti maṃ bhagavā paṭibhāti maṃ sugatāti. Paṭibhātu taṃ vaṅgīsāti bhagavā avoca.

[756] Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ bhagavato sammukhā sarūpāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi nagassa passe āsīnaṃ muniṃ dukkhassa pāraguṃ sāvakā payirupāsanti tevijjā maccuhāyino Te cetasā anupariyesati moggallāno mahiddhiko cittaṃ nesaṃ samannesaṃ vippamuttaṃ nirūpadhiṃ evaṃ sabbaṅgasampannaṃ muniṃ dukkhassa pāraguṃ anekākārasampannaṃ payirupāsanti gotamanti.