[208] Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū na icchanti vassaṃ upagantuṃ . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . na bhikkhave vassaṃ na upagantabbaṃ yo na upagaccheyya āpatti dukkaṭassāti . Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū tadahuvassūpanāyikāya vassaṃ anupagantukāmā sañcicca āvāsaṃ atikkamanti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . na bhikkhave tadahuvassūpanāyikāya vassaṃ anupagantukāmena sañcicca āvāso atikkamitabbo yo atikkameyya āpatti dukkaṭassāti.

[209] Tena kho pana samayena rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro vassaṃ ukkaḍḍhitukāmo bhikkhūnaṃ santike dūtaṃ pāhesi yadi panayyā āgame juṇhe vassaṃ upagaccheyyunti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Anujānāmi bhikkhave rājūnaṃ anuvattitunti.