[324] Athakho bhagavā āḷaviyaṃ yathābhirantaṃ viharitvā yena rājagahaṃ tena cārikaṃ pakkāmi anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno yena rājagahaṃ tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

[325] Tena kho pana samayena rājagahaṃ dubbhikkhaṃ hoti . Manussā na sakkonti saṅghabhattaṃ kātuṃ icchanti uddesabhattaṃ nimantanaṃ salākabhattaṃ pakkhikaṃ uposathikaṃ pāṭipadikaṃ kātuṃ . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . anujānāmi bhikkhave saṅghabhattaṃ uddesabhattaṃ nimantanaṃ salākabhattaṃ pakkhikaṃ uposathikaṃ pāṭipadikanti.

[326] Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū attano varabhattāni gahetvā lāmakāni bhattāni bhikkhūnaṃ denti . Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . anujānāmi bhikkhave pañcahaṅgehi samannāgataṃ bhikkhuṃ bhattuddesakaṃ sammannituṃ yo na chandāgatiṃ gaccheyya na dosāgatiṃ gaccheyya na mohāgatiṃ gaccheyya na bhayāgatiṃ gaccheyya uddiṭṭhānuddiṭṭhañca jāneyya.

[327] Evañca pana bhikkhave sammannitabbo . paṭhamaṃ bhikkhu yācitabbo . yācitvā byattena bhikkhunā paṭibalena saṅgho ñāpetabbo suṇātu me bhante saṅgho yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ saṅgho itthannāmaṃ bhikkhuṃ bhattuddesakaṃ sammanneyya . esā ñatti . suṇātu me bhante saṅgho saṅgho itthannāmaṃ bhikkhuṃ bhattuddesakaṃ sammannati . yassāyasmato khamati itthannāmassa bhikkhuno bhattuddesakassa sammati so tuṇhassa yassa nakkhamati so bhāseyya . sammato saṅghena itthannāmo bhikkhu bhattuddesako Khamati saṅghassa tasmā tuṇhī. Evametaṃ dhārayāmīti.