[708] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati veluvagāmake . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi etha tumhe bhikkhave samantā vesāliyā yathāmittaṃ yathāsandiṭṭhaṃ yathāsambhattaṃ vassaṃ upetha idhevāhaṃ veluvagāmake vassaṃ upagacchāmīti . Evambhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā samantā vesāliyā yathāmittaṃ yathāsandiṭṭhaṃ yathāsambhattaṃ vassaṃ upagacchuṃ.

[709] Bhagavā pana tattheva veluvagāmake vassaṃ upagacchi . Atha kho bhagavato vassūpagatassa kharo ābādho uppajjati bāḷhā vedanā vattanti maraṇantikā . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno . atha kho bhagavato etadahosi na Kho pana metampaṭirūpaṃ yohamanāmantetvā upaṭṭhāke anapaloketvā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ parinibbāyeyyaṃ yannūnāhaṃ imaṃ ābādhaṃ viriyena paṭippaṇāmetvā jīvitasaṅkhāraṃ adhiṭṭhāya vihareyyanti . atha kho bhagavā taṃ ābādhaṃ viriyena paṭippaṇāmetvā jīvitasaṅkhāraṃ adhiṭṭhāya vihāsi . [1]- atha kho bhagavā gilānā vuṭṭhito aciravuṭṭhito gelaññā [2]- vihārapacchāyāyaṃ paññatte āsane nisīdi.

[710] Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca [3]- diṭṭhaṃ bhante bhagavato khamanīyaṃ diṭṭhaṃ bhante bhagavato yāpanīyaṃ api me bhante madhurakajāto viya kāyo disāpi me na pakkhāyanti dhammāpi maṃ nappaṭibhanti bhagavato gelaññena apica me bhante ahosi kācideva assāsamattā na tāva bhagavā paribbāyissati na tāva bhagavā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ ārabbha kiñcideva udāharatīti. {710.1} Kiṃ panadāni ānanda bhikkhusaṅgho mayi paccāsiṃsati . Desito ānanda mayā dhammo anantaraṃ abāhiraṃ karitvā . Natthānanda tathāgatassa dhammesu ācariyamuṭṭhi . yannūnānanda evamassa ahaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pariharissāmīti vā mamuddesiko bhikkhusaṅghoti vā . So nūnānanda bhikkhusaṅghaṃ ārabbha kiñcideva udāhareyya . Tathāgatassa kho ānanda na evaṃ hoti ahaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pariharissāmīti Vā mamuddesiko bhikkhusaṅghoti vā . sa kiṃ ānanda tathāgato bhikkhusaṅghaṃ ārabbha kiñcideva udāharissati . etarahi kho panāhaṃ ānanda jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayo anuppatto asītiko me vayo vattati . seyyathāpi ānanda jarasakaṭaṃ veḷumissakena yāpeti evameva kho ānanda veḷumissako maññe tathāgatassa kāyo yāpeti.