[356] Puna caparaṃ moggallāna idhekacco satthā aparisuddha- ñāṇadassano samāno parisuddhañāṇadassanomhīti paṭijānāti parisuddhaṃ me ñāṇadassanaṃ pariyodātaṃ asaṅkiliṭṭhanti ca . tamenaṃ sāvakā evaṃ jānanti ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ satthā aparisuddhañāṇadassano samāno parisuddhañāṇadassanomhīti paṭijānāti parisuddhaṃ me ñāṇadassanaṃ pariyodātaṃ asaṅkiliṭṭhanti ca mayaṃ ceva kho pana gihīnaṃ āroceyyāma nāssassa manāpaṃ yaṃ kho panassa amanāpaṃ kathantaṃ mayaṃ tena samudācareyyāma sammannati kho pana cīvarapiṇḍapāta- senāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena yaṃ tumo karissati tumo va tena paññāyissatīti . evarūpaṃ kho moggallāna satthāraṃ sāvakā ñāṇadassanato rakkhanti . evarūpo ca pana satthā sāvakehi ñāṇadassanato rakkhaṃ paccāsiṃsati . ime kho moggalāna Pañca satthāro santo saṃvijjamānā lokasmiṃ.

[357] Ahaṃ kho pana moggallāna parisuddhasīlo samāno parisuddhasīlomhīti paṭijānāmi parisuddhaṃ me sīlaṃ pariyodātaṃ asaṅkiliṭṭhanti ca na ca maṃ sāvakā sīlato rakkhanti na cāhaṃ sāvakehi sīlato rakkhaṃ paccāsiṃsāmi . parisuddhājīvo samāno .pe. parisuddhadhammadesano samāno .pe. parisuddhaveyyākaraṇo .pe. parisuddhañāṇadassano samāno parisuddhañāṇadassanomhīti paṭijānāmi parisuddhaṃ me ñāṇadassanaṃ pariyodātaṃ asaṅkiliṭṭhanti ca na ca maṃ sāvakā ñāṇadassanato rakkhanti na cāhaṃ sāvakehi ñāṇadassanato rakkhaṃ paccāsiṃsāmīti.

[358] Athakho bhagavā kosambiyaṃ yathābhirantaṃ viharitvā yena rājagahaṃ tena cārikaṃ pakkāmi anupubbena cārikañcaramāno yena rājagahaṃ tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

[359] Athakho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ devadattassa bhante ajātasattu kumāro pañcahi rathasatehi sāyaṃ pātaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchati pañca ca thālipākasatāni bhattābhihāro abhihariyyatīti . Mā bhikkhave devadattassa lābhasakkārasilokaṃ pihayittha yāvakīvañca Bhikkhave devadattassa ajātasattu kumāro pañcahi rathasatehi sāyaṃ pātaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ gamissati pañca ca thālipākasatāni bhattābhihāro abhihariyyissati hāniyeva bhikkhave devadattassa pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no vuḍḍhi seyyathāpi bhikkhave caṇḍassa kukkurassa nāsāya pittaṃ bhindeyyuṃ evaṃ hi so bhikkhave kukkuro bhiyyoso mattāya caṇḍataro assa evameva kho bhikkhave yāvakīvañca devadattassa ajātasattu kumāro pañcahi rathasatehi sāyaṃ pātaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ gamissati pañca ca thālipākasatāni bhattābhihāro abhihariyyissati hāniyeva bhikkhave devadattassa pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no vuḍḍhi. {359.1} Attavadhāya bhikkhave devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi seyyathāpi bhikkhave kadalī attavadhāya phalaṃ deti parābhavāya phalaṃ deti evameva kho bhikkhave attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi seyyathāpi bhikkhave veḷu attavadhāya phalaṃ deti parābhavāya phalaṃ deti evameva kho bhikkhave attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi seyyathāpi bhikkhave naḷo attavadhāya phalaṃ deti parābhavāya phalaṃ deti evameva kho bhikkhave attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko Udapādi seyyathāpi bhikkhave assatarī attavadhāya gabbhaṃ gaṇhāti parābhavāya gabbhaṃ gaṇhāti evameva kho bhikkhave attavadhāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādi parābhavāya devadattassa lābhasakkārasiloko udapādīti.