[68] Tena kho pana samayena pañcamattāni accharāsatāni sakkassa devānamindassa upaṭṭhānaṃ āgatāni honti kakuṭapadāni . Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ āmantesi passasi no tvaṃ nanda imāni pañca accharāsatāni kakuṭapadānīti . evaṃ bhanteti . Taṃ kiṃ maññasi nanda katamā nu kho abhirūpatarā vā dassanīyatarā vā pāsādikatarā vā sākiyānī vā janapadakalyāṇī imāni vā pañca accharāsatāni kakuṭapadānīti . seyyathāpi bhante paluṭṭhamakkaṭī kaṇṇanāsacchinnā evameva kho bhante sākiyānī janapadakalyāṇī Imesaṃ pañcannaṃ accharāsatānaṃ upanidhāya saṅkhyampi na upeti kalabhāgampi na upeti upanidhimpi na upeti atha kho imāni pañca accharāsatāni abhirūpatarāni ceva dassanīyatarāni ca pāsādikatarāni cāti . abhirama nanda abhirama nanda ahante pāṭibhogo pañcannaṃ accharāsatānaṃ paṭilābhāya kakuṭapadānanti . Sace me bhante bhagavā pāṭibhogo pañcannaṃ accharāsatānaṃ paṭilābhāya kakuṭapadānaṃ abhiramissāmahaṃ bhante bhagavā brahmacariyeti . {68.1} Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ bāhāya gahetvā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evamevaṃ devesu tāvatiṃsesu antarahito jetavane pāturahosi . assosuṃ kho bhikkhū āyasmā kira nando bhagavato bhātā mātucchāputto accharānaṃ hetu brahmacariyaṃ carati bhagavā kirassa pāṭibhogo pañcannaṃ accharāsatānaṃ paṭilābhāya kakuṭapadānanti.
[69] Atha kho āyasmato nandassa sahāyakā bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ bhatakavādena ca upakkitavādena ca samudācaranti bhatako kirāyasmā nando upakkitako kirāyasmā nando accharānaṃ hetu brahmacariyaṃ carati bhagavā kirassa pāṭibhogo pañcannaṃ accharāsatānaṃ paṭilābhāya kakuṭapadānanti . atha kho āyasmā Nando sahāyakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ bhatakavādena ca upakkitavādena ca aṭṭiyamāno harāyamāno jigucchamāno eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto na cirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi . aññataro kho panāyasmā nando arahataṃ ahosi.