[39] Nerañjarāya bhagavā uruvelakassapaṃ jaṭilamavoca sace te kassapa agaru viharemu ajjuṇho aggisaraṇamhīti. Na kho me mahāsamaṇa garu phāsukāmo ca taṃ nivāremi caṇḍettha nāgarājā iddhimā āsīviso ghoraviso so taṃ mā viheṭhesīti. Appeva maṃ na viheṭheyya iṅgha tvaṃ kassapa anujānāhi agyāgāranti. Dinnanti naṃ viditvā abhīto pāvisi bhayamatīto. Disvā isiṃ paviṭṭhaṃ ahināgo dummano padhūpāsi. Sumanamānaso na vimano manussanāgopi tattha padhūpāsi. Makkhañca asahamāno ahināgo pāvakova pajjali. Tejodhātukusalo manussanāgopi tattha pajjali. Ubhinnaṃ sañjotibhūtānaṃ agyāgāraṃ [2]- udiccare. Jaṭilā abhirūpo vata bho mahāsamaṇo nāgena viheṭhiyatīti bhaṇanti . Atha rattiyā accayena ahināgassa acciyo na honti . Iddhimato pana ṭhitā anekavaṇṇā acciyo honti. Nīlā atha lohitakā mañjeṭṭhā pītakā phalikavaṇṇāyo aṅgirasassa kāye anekavaṇṇā acciyo honti. Pattamhi odahitvā ahināgaṃ brāhmaṇassa dassesi ayaṃ te kassapa nāgo pariyādinno assa tejasā tejoti . Athakho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo bhagavato iminā iddhipāṭihāriyena abhippasanno bhagavantaṃ etadavoca idheva mahāsamaṇa viharaṃ ahante dhuvabhattenāti. Paṭhamaṃ pāṭihāriyaṃ
[40] Athakho bhagavā uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa assamassa Avidūre aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe vihāsi . athakho cattāro mahārājā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ vanasaṇḍaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā catuddisā aṭṭhaṃsu seyyathāpi mahantā aggikkhandhā. {40.1} Athakho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo tassā rattiyā accayena yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kālo mahāsamaṇa niṭṭhitaṃ bhattaṃ ke nu kho te mahāsamaṇa abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ vanasaṇḍaṃ obhāsetvā yena tvaṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā taṃ abhivādetvā catuddisā aṭṭhaṃsu seyyathāpi mahantā aggikkhandhāti . ete kho kassapa cattāro mahārājā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃsu dhammassavanāyāti . athakho uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa etadahosi mahiddhiko kho mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo yatra hi nāma cattāropi mahārājā upasaṅkamissanti dhammassavanāya na tveva ca kho arahā yathā ahanti . athakho bhagavā uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā tasmiṃyeva vanasaṇḍe vihāsi. Dutiyaṃ pāṭihāriyaṃ.