[420] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahāmoggallāno gijjhakūṭe pabbate viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

[421] Atha kho bhagavā sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā mahāmoggallāno tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . nisajja kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ etadavoca kacci te moggallāna khamanīyaṃ kacci yāpanīyaṃ kacci dukkhā vedanā paṭikkamanti no abhikkamanti . paṭikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no abhikkamoti . na me bhante khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti . Abhikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.

[422] Sattime moggallāna bojjhaṅgā mayā sammadakkhātā bhāvitā bahulīkatā abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattanti . Katame satta.

[423] Satisambojjhaṅgo kho moggallāna mayā sammadakkhāto bhāvito bahulīkato abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati .pe. Upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo kho moggallāna mayā sammadakkhāto bhāvito bahulīkato abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati . ime kho moggallāna satta bojjhaṅgā mayā sammadakkhātā bhāvitā bahulīkatā abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattantīti.