[725] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho dve bhikkhū sahāyakā āyasmato mahākappinassa saddhivihārino yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā .

[726] Addasā kho bhagavā te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi passatha no tumhe bhikkhave ete dve bhikkhū sahāyake āgacchante mahākappinassa saddhivihārinoti . evaṃ bhante . ete kho bhikkhave bhikkhū mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā yā tehi bhikkhūhi asamāpannapubbā yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā Sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantīti.

[727] Idamavoca bhagavā idaṃ vatvāna sugato athāparaṃ etadavoca satthā sahāyā vatime bhikkhū cirarattaṃ samenikā sameti nesaṃ saddhammo dhamme buddhappavedite suvinītā kappinena dhamme ariyappavedite dhārenti antimaṃ dehaṃ jetvā māraṃ savāhananti . Dvādasamaṃ. Bhikkhusaṃyuttaṃ navamaṃ samattaṃ. Tassuddānaṃ kolito upatisso ca ghaṭo cāpi pavuccati navo sujāto bhaddī ca visākhanando tisso ca theranāmo ca kappino sahāyena ca dvādasāti. Nidānavaggassa saṃyuttako tassa uddānaṃ abhisamayadhātusaṃyuttaṃ anamataggena kassapaṃ sakkārarāhulalakkhaṇo- pammabhikkhuno nidāno dutiyo tena pavuccatīti. Nidānavaggasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.