[29] Tena kho pana samayena rājagahakassa seṭṭhissa mahagghassa candanasārassa candanagaṇṭhī uppannā hoti . athakho rājagahakassa Seṭṭhissa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ imāya candanagaṇṭhiyā pattaṃ likhāpeyyaṃ likhañca me paribhogaṃ bhavissati pattañca dānaṃ dassāmīti . athakho rājagahako seṭṭhī tāya candanagaṇṭhiyā pattaṃ likhāpetvā sikkāyaṃ uḍḍitvā veḷugge ālaggetvā veḷuparamparāya vāhitvā evamāha yo samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā arahā ceva iddhimā ca dinnaṃyeva pattaṃ oharatūti.

[30] Athakho pūraṇo kassapo yena rājagahako seṭṭhī tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā rājagahakaṃ seṭṭhiṃ etadavoca ahaṃ hi gahapati arahā ceva iddhimā ca dehi me pattanti . sace bhante āyasmā arahā ceva iddhimā ca dinnaṃyeva pattaṃ oharatūti . athakho makkhali gosālo ajito kesakambalo pakudho kaccāyano sañjayo veḷaṭṭhaputto niggaṇṭho nāṭaputto yena rājagahako seṭṭhī tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā rājagahakaṃ seṭṭhiṃ etadavoca ahaṃ hi gahapati arahā ceva iddhimā ca dehi me pattanti . sace bhante āyasmā arahā ceva iddhimā ca dinnaṃyeva pattaṃ oharatūti.

[31] Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ca mahāmoggallāno Āyasmā ca piṇḍolabhāradvājo pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisiṃsu . āyasmāpi kho piṇḍolabhāradvājo arahā ceva iddhimā ca . āyasmāpi kho mahāmoggallāno arahā ceva iddhimā ca . athakho āyasmā piṇḍolabhāradvājo āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ etadavoca gacchāvuso moggallāna etaṃ pattaṃ ohara tuyheso pattoti . āyasmāpi kho moggallāno āyasmantaṃ piṇḍolabhāradvājaṃ etadavoca gacchāvuso bhāradvāja etaṃ pattaṃ ohara tuyheso pattoti . athakho āyasmā piṇḍolabhāradvājo vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā taṃ pattaṃ gahetvā tikkhattuṃ rājagahaṃ anupariyāyi .