[351] Athakho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ Nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kakkudho nāma bhante koḷiyaputto mama upaṭṭhāko adhunā kālakato aññataraṃ manomayaṃ kāyaṃ upapanno tassa evarūpo attabhāvapaṭilābho seyyathāpi nāma dve vā tīṇi vā māgadhikāni gāmakkhettāni so tena attabhāvapaṭilābhena neva attānaṃ na paraṃ byābādheti athakho bhante kakkudho devaputto yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho bhante kakkudho devaputto maṃ etadavoca devadattassa bhante lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūtassa pariyādinnacittassa evarūpaṃ icchāgataṃ uppajji ahaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pariharissāmīti saha cittuppādā va bhante devadatto tassā iddhiyā parihīnoti idamavoca bhante kakkudho devaputto idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tattheva antaradhāyīti . Kiṃ pana te moggallāna kakkudho devaputto cetasā ceto paricca vidito yaṅkiñci kakkudho devaputto bhāsati sabbantaṃ tatheva hoti no aññathāti . cetasā ceto paricca vidito va me bhante kakkudho devaputto yaṅkiñci kakkudho devaputto bhāsati sabbantaṃ tatheva hoti no aññathāti . rakkhassetaṃ moggallāna vācaṃ rakkhassetaṃ moggallāna vācaṃ idāni so moghapuriso attanā va attānaṃ pātukarissati.

[352] Pañcime moggallāna satthāro santo saṃvijjamānā lokasmiṃ . katame pañca . idha moggallāna ekacco satthā aparisuddhasīlo samāno parisuddhasīlomhīti paṭijānāti parisuddhaṃ me sīlaṃ pariyodātaṃ asaṅkiliṭṭhanti ca . tamenaṃ sāvakā evaṃ jānanti ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ satthā aparisuddhasīlo samāno parisuddhasīlomhīti paṭijānāti parisuddhaṃ me sīlaṃ pariyodātaṃ asaṅkiliṭṭhanti ca mayaṃ ceva kho pana gihīnaṃ āroceyyāma nāssassa manāpaṃ yaṃ kho panassa amanāpaṃ kathantaṃ mayaṃ tena samudācareyyāma sammannati kho pana cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena yaṃ tumo karissati tumo va tena paññāyissatīti . evarūpaṃ kho moggallāna satthāraṃ sāvakā sīlato rakkhanti . evarūpo ca pana satthā sāvakehi sīlato rakkhaṃ paccāsiṃsati.