[60] Athakho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro tassā rattiyā accayena paṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṃ ārocāpesi kālo bhante niṭṭhitaṃ bhattanti . athakho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṃ pāvisi mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ bhikkhusahassena sabbeheva purāṇajaṭilehi.

[61] Tena kho pana samayena sakko devānamindo māṇavakavaṇṇaṃ abhinimminitvā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa purato purato gacchati imā gāthāyo gāyamāno danto dantehi saha purāṇajaṭilehi vippamutto vippamuttehi siṅgīnikkhasuvaṇṇo rājagahaṃ pāvisi bhagavā. Mutto muttehi saha purāṇajaṭilehi vippamutto vippamuttehi siṅgīnikkhasuvaṇṇo rājagahaṃ pāvisi bhagavā. Tiṇṇo tiṇṇehi saha purāṇajaṭilehi vippamutto vippamuttehi siṅgīnikkhasuvaṇṇo rājagahaṃ pāvisi bhagavā. Santo santehi saha purāṇajaṭilehi vippamutto vippamuttehi siṅgīnikkhasuvaṇṇo rājagahaṃ pāvisi bhagavā . Dasavāso dasabalo dasadhammavidū dasabhi cupeto so dasasataparivāro rājagahaṃ pāvisi bhagavāti.

[62] Manussā sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ passitvā evamāhaṃsu abhirūpo vatāyaṃ māṇavako dassanīyo vatāyaṃ māṇavako pāsādiko vatāyaṃ māṇavako kassa nu kho ayaṃ māṇavakoti . evaṃ vutte sakko devānamindo te manusse gāthāya ajjhabhāsi yo dhīro sabbadhidanto suddho appaṭipuggalo arahaṃ sugato loke tassāhaṃ paricārakoti.

[63] Athakho bhagavā yena rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte Āsane nisīdi saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghena . athakho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappetvā sampavāretvā bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnassa kho rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa etadahosi kattha nu kho bhagavā vihareyya yaṃ assa gāmato neva atidūre na accāsanne gamanāgamanasampannaṃ atthikānaṃ manussānaṃ abhikkamanīyaṃ divā appakiṇṇaṃ rattiṃ appasaddaṃ appanigghosaṃ vijanavātaṃ manussarāhaseyyakaṃ paṭisallānasāruppanti. {63.1} Athakho rañño māgadhassa seniyassa bimbisārassa etadahosi idaṃ kho amhākaṃ veḷuvanaṃ uyyānaṃ gāmato neva atidūre na accāsanne gamanāgamanasampannaṃ atthikānaṃ manussānaṃ abhikkamanīyaṃ divā appakiṇṇaṃ rattiṃ appasaddaṃ appanigghosaṃ vijanavātaṃ manussarāhaseyyakaṃ paṭisallānasāruppaṃ yannūnāhaṃ veḷuvanaṃ uyyānaṃ buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dadeyyanti . athakho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro sovaṇṇamayaṃ bhiṅgāraṃ gahetvā bhagavato oṇojesi etāhaṃ bhante veḷuvanaṃ uyyānaṃ buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dammīti . paṭiggahesi bhagavā ārāmaṃ . Athakho bhagavā rājānaṃ māgadhaṃ seniyaṃ bimbisāraṃ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi . athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi anujānāmi bhikkhave ārāmanti.