[129] Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā sudhammo macchikāsaṇḍe cittassa gahapatino āvāsiko hoti navakammiko dhuvabhattiko . Yadā citto gahapati saṅghaṃ vā gaṇaṃ vā puggalaṃ vā nimantetukāmo hoti [1]- na āyasmantaṃ sudhammaṃ anapaloketvā saṅghaṃ vā gaṇaṃ vā puggalaṃ vā nimanteti . tena kho pana samayena sambahulā therā bhikkhū āyasmā ca sārīputto āyasmā ca mahāmoggallāno āyasmā ca mahākaccāno āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmā ca mahākappino āyasmā ca mahācundo āyasmā ca anuruddho āyasmā ca revato āyasmā ca upāli āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca rāhulo kāsīsu cārikañcaramānā yena macchikāsaṇḍo tadavasaruṃ.

[130] Assosi kho citto gahapati therā kira bhikkhū macchikāsaṇḍaṃ anuppattāti . athakho citto gahapati yena therā bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā there bhikkhū abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho cittaṃ gahapatiṃ āyasmā sārīputto dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi . Athakho citto gahapati āyasmatā sārīputtena dhammiyā kathāya sandassito samādapito samuttejito sampahaṃsito there bhikkhū Etadavoca adhivāsentu me bhante therā svātanāya āgantukabhattanti. Adhivāsesuṃ kho te therā bhikkhū tuṇhībhāvena.

[131] Athakho citto gahapati therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā there bhikkhū abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā yenāyasmā sudhammo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ sudhammaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho citto gahapati āyasmantaṃ sudhammaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu me bhante ayyo sudhammo svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ therehīti . athakho āyasmā sudhammo pubbe khvāyaṃ citto gahapati yadā saṅghaṃ vā gaṇaṃ vā puggalaṃ vā nimantetukāmo na maṃ anapaloketvā saṅghaṃ vā gaṇaṃ vā puggalaṃ vā nimanteti sodāni maṃ anapaloketvā there bhikkhū nimantesi duṭṭhodānāyaṃ citto gahapati anapekkho virattarūpo mayīti cittaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca alaṃ gahapati nādhivāsemīti. {131.1} Dutiyampi kho citto gahapati āyasmantaṃ sudhammaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu me bhante ayyo sudhammo svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ therehīti . alaṃ gahapati nādhivāsemīti . tatiyampi kho citto gahapati āyasmantaṃ sudhammaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu me bhante ayyo sudhammo svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ therehīti . alaṃ gahapati nādhivāsemīti . athakho citto gahapati kiṃ me karissati ayyo Sudhammo adhivāsento vā anadhivāsento vāti āyasmantaṃ sudhammaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.