[121] Tena kho pana samayena avantidakkhiṇāpatho appabhikkhuko hoti . atha kho āyasmā mahākaccāno tiṇṇaṃ vassānaṃ accayena kicchena kasirena tato tato dasavaggaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ sannipātetvā āyasmantaṃ soṇaṃ upasampādesi . atha kho āyasmato soṇassa vassaṃ vuṭṭhassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi na kho me so bhagavā sammukhā diṭṭho api ca suto yeva me so bhagavā īdiso ca īdiso cāti sace maṃ upajjhāyo anujāneyya gaccheyyāhaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhanti. {121.1} Atha kho āyasmā soṇo sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā soṇo āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etadavoca idha mayhaṃ bhante rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi na kho me so bhagavā sammukhā diṭṭho api ca suto yeva me so bhagavā īdiso ca īdiso cāti sace maṃ upajjhāyo anujāneyya Sādhu sādhu soṇa gaccha tvaṃ soṇa taṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhanti dakkhissasi tvaṃ soṇa taṃ bhagavantaṃ pāsādikaṃ pāsādanīyaṃ santindriyaṃ santamānasaṃ uttamasamathadamathamanupattaṃ dantaṃ guttaṃ yatindriyaṃ nāgaṃ disvāna mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandāhi appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchāti. {121.2} Evaṃ bhanteti kho āyasmā soṇo āyasmato mahākaccānassa bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā senāsanaṃ saṃsāmetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena sāvatthī tena cārikaṃ pakkāmi . anupubbena cārikañcaramāno yena sāvatthī jetavanaṃ anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāmo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. {121.3} Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā soṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca upajjhāyo me bhante āyasmā mahākaccāno bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchatīti . kacci bhikkhu khamanīyaṃ kacci yāpanīyaṃ kaccipi appakilamathena addhānaṃ āgato na ca piṇḍakena kilantosīti . khamanīyaṃ bhagavā yāpanīyaṃ bhagavā appakilamathena cāhaṃ bhante addhānaṃ āgato na ca piṇḍakena kilantomhīti.