[518] Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākassapo rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ānando dakkhiṇāgirismiṃ cārikaṃ carati mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ . tena kho pana samayena āyasmato ānandassa tiṃsamattā saddhivihārino bhikkhū sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattā bhavanti yebhuyyena kumārabhūtā.

[519] Atha kho āyasmā ānando dakkhiṇāgirismiṃ yathābhirantaṃ cārikaṃ caritvā yena rājagahaṃ veḷuvanaṃ kalandakanivāpaṃ yenāyasmā mahākassapo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākassapaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āyasmā mahākassapo etadavoca kati nu kho āvuso ānanda atthavase paṭicca bhagavatā kulesu tikabhojanaṃ paññattanti.

[520] Tayo kho bhante kassapa atthavase paṭicca bhagavatā kulesu tikabhojanaṃ paññattaṃ dummaṅkūnaṃ puggalānaṃ niggahāya pesalānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ phāsuvihārāya mā pāpicchā pakkhaṃ nissāya saṅghaṃ bhindeyyuṃ kulānudayatāya ca ime kho bhante kassapa tayo atthavase paṭicca bhagavatā kulesu tikabhojanaṃ paññattanti.

[521] Atha kiñcarahi tvaṃ āvuso ānanda imehi [2]- bhikkhūhi indriyesu aguttadvārehi bhojane amattaññūhi jāgariyaṃ ananuyuttehi saddhiṃ cārikaṃ carasi sassaghātaṃ maññe carasi kulappaghātaṃ maññe carasi olujjati kho te āvuso ānanda parisā palujjanti Kho te āvuso ānanda navappāyā na vāyaṃ kumārako mattamaññāsīti . api me bhante kassapa sirasmiṃ palitāni jātāni atha ca pana mayaṃ ajjāpi āyasmato mahākassapassa kumārakavādā na muccāmāti . tathā hi pana tvaṃ āvuso ānanda imehi navehi bhikkhūhi indriyesu aguttadvārehi bhojane amattaññūhi jāgariyaṃ ananuyuttehi saddhiṃ cārikaṃ carasi sassaghātaṃ maññe carasi kulappaghātaṃ maññe carasi olujjati kho te āvuso ānanda parisā palujjanti kho te āvuso navappāyā na vāyaṃ kumārako mattamaññāsīti.