[620] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ yena nāḷandā tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā nāḷandāyaṃ viharati pāvārikambavane . tena kho pana samayena nāḷandā dubbhikkhā hoti dvīhitikā setaṭṭhikā salākāvuttā . Tena kho pana samayena nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto nāḷandāyaṃ paṭivasati mahatiyā nigaṇṭhaparisāya saddhiṃ . atha kho asibandhakaputto gāmaṇī nigaṇṭhasāvako yena nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā nigaṇṭhaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ abhivādetvā ekamattaṃ nisīdi. {620.1} Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho asibandhakaputtaṃ gāmaṇiṃ nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto etadavoca ehi tvaṃ gāmaṇi samaṇassa gotamassa vādaṃ āropehi evaṃ te kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchissati asibandhakaputtena gāmaṇinā samaṇassa gotamassa evaṃmahiddhikassa evaṃmahānubhāvassa vādo āropitoti . kathaṃ panāhaṃ bhante samaṇassa gotamassa evaṃmahiddhikassa evaṃmahānubhāvassa vādaṃ āropemīti . Ehi tvaṃ gāmaṇi yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃ vadehi nanu bhante bhagavā anekapariyāyena Kulānaṃ anudayaṃ vaṇṇeti anurakkhaṃ vaṇṇeti anukampaṃ vaṇṇetīti . Sace te gāmaṇi samaṇo gotamo evaṃ puṭṭho evaṃ byākaroti evaṃ gāmaṇi tathāgato anekapariyāyena kulānaṃ anudayaṃ vaṇṇeti anurakkhaṃ vaṇṇeti anukampaṃ vaṇṇetīti . tamenaṃ tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi atha kiñcarahi bhante bhagavā nāḷande dubbhikkhe dvīhitike setaṭṭhike salākāvutte mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ cārikañcarati ucchedāya bhagavā kulānaṃ paṭipanno anayāya bhagavā kulānaṃ paṭipanno upaghātāya bhagavā kulānaṃ paṭipannoti . imaṃ kho te gāmaṇi samaṇo gotamo ubhatokoṭikaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho neva sakkhati uggilituṃ neva sakkhati ogilitunti.

[621] Evaṃ bhanteti kho asibandhakaputto gāmaṇī nigaṇṭhassa nāṭaputtassa paṭissutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā nigaṇṭhaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho asibandhakaputto gāmaṇī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca nanu bhante bhagavā anekapariyāyena kulānaṃ anudayaṃ vaṇṇeti anurakkhaṃ vaṇṇeti anukampaṃ vaṇṇetīti . evaṃ gāmaṇi tathāgato anekapariyāyena kulānaṃ anudayaṃ vaṇṇeti anurakkhaṃ vaṇṇeti anukampaṃ vaṇṇetīti . Atha kiñcarahi bhante bhagavā nāḷande dubbhikkhe dvīhitike setaṭṭhike salākāvutte mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ Cārikaṃ carati ucchedāya bhagavā kulānaṃ paṭipanno anayāya bhagavā kulānaṃ paṭipanno upaghātāya bhagavā kulānaṃ paṭipannoti.