[67] 2 Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nando bhagavato bhātā mātucchāputto sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ ārocesi anabhirato ahaṃ āvuso brahmacariyaṃ carāmi na sakkomi brahmacariyaṃ sandhāretuṃ sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattissāmīti . atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca āyasmā bhante nando bhagavato bhātā mātucchāputto sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ ārocesi anabhirato ahaṃ āvuso brahmacariyaṃ carāmi na sakkomi brahmacariyaṃ sandhāretuṃ sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattissāmīti. {67.1} Atha kho bhagavā aññataraṃ bhikkhuṃ āmantesi ehi tvaṃ bhikkhu mama vacanena nandaṃ bhikkhuṃ āmantehi satthā taṃ āvuso nanda āmantetīti . evaṃ bhanteti kho so bhikkhu bhagavato paṭissutvā yenāyasmā nando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ etadavoca satthā taṃ āvuso nanda āmantetīti . evamāvusoti kho āyasmā nando tassa bhikkhuno paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ bhagavā etadavoca saccaṃ kira tvaṃ nanda sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ ārocesi anabhirato ahaṃ āvuso Hīnāyāvattissāmīti . evaṃ bhanteti . kissa pana tvaṃ nanda anabhirato brahmacariyaṃ carasi na sakkosi brahmacariyaṃ sandhāretuṃ sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattissasīti . sākiyānī mama bhante janapadakalyāṇī gharā nikkhamantassa upaḍḍhullikhitehi kesehi apaloketvā maṃ etadavoca tuvaṭaṃ kho ayyaputta āgaccheyyāsīti so kho ahaṃ bhante taṃ anussaramāno anabhirato brahmacariyaṃ carāmi na sakkomi brahmacariyaṃ sandhāretuṃ sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattissāmīti . atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ bāhāya gahetvā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evamevaṃ jetavane antarahito devesu tāvatiṃsesu pāturahosi.