[787] Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tena kho pana samayena sirivaḍḍho gahapati ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷhagilāno . atha kho sirivaḍḍho gahapati aññataraṃ purisaṃ āmantesi ehi tvaṃ ambho purisa yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena āyasmato ānandassa pāde sirasā vanda sirivaḍḍho bhante gahapati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno so āyasmato ānandassa pāde sirasā vandatīti evañca vadehi sādhu kira bhante āyasmā ānando yena sirivaḍḍhassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti. {787.1} Evaṃ bhanteti kho so puriso sirivaḍḍhassa gahapatissa paṭissutvā yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so puriso āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca sirivaḍḍho bhante gahapati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno so āyasmato ānandassa pāde sirasā vandati evañca vadeti sādhu kira bhante āyasmā ānando yena sirivaḍḍhassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti . adhivāsesi kho āyasmā ānando tuṇhībhāvena.

[788] Atha kho āyasmā ānando pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā Pattacīvaramādāya yena sirivaḍḍhassa gahapatissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . nisajja kho āyasmā ānando sirivaḍḍhaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca

[789] Kacci te gahapati 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.

[790] Tasmā tiha te gahapati evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ kāye kāyānupassī viharissāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ. Vedanāsu citte dhammesu dhammānupassī viharissāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassanti . evañhi te gahapati sikkhitabbanti.