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[519] Athakho mahāpajāpatī gotamī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ Ṭhitā kho mahāpajāpatī gotamī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kathāhaṃ bhante imāsu sākiyānīsu paṭipajjāmīti . athakho bhagavā mahāpajāpatiṃ gotamiṃ dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejasei sampahaṃsesi. Athakho mahāpajāpatī gotamī bhagavatā dhammiyā kathāya sandassitā samādapitā samuttejitā sampahaṃsitā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi . athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi anujānāmi bhikkhave bhikkhūhi bhikkhuniyo upasampādetunti.
[520] Athakho tā bhikkhuniyo mahāpajāpatiṃ gotamiṃ etadavocuṃ ayyā anupasampannā mayañcamhā upasampannā evaṃ hi bhagavatā paññattaṃ bhikkhūhi bhikkhuniyo upasampādetabbāti . Athakho mahāpajāpatī gotamī yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho mahāpajāpatī gotamī āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca imā maṃ bhante ānanda bhikkhuniyo evamāhaṃsu ayyā anupasampannā mayañcamhā upasampannā evaṃ hi bhagavatā paññattaṃ bhikkhūhi bhikkhuniyo upasampādetabbāti . athakho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca mahāpajāpatī bhante gotamī evamāha imā maṃ bhante ānanda bhikkhuniyo evamāhaṃsu ayyā anupasampannā mayañcamhā upasampannā evaṃ hi bhagavatā paññattaṃ bhikkhūhi bhikkhuniyo upasampādetabbāti . yadaggena ānanda mahāpajāpatiyā gotamiyā aṭṭha garudhammā paṭiggahitā tadevassā upasampannāti.
[521] Athakho mahāpajāpatī gotamī yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho mahāpajāpatī gotamī āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca ekāhaṃ bhante ānanda bhagavantaṃ varaṃ yācāmi sādhu bhante bhagavā anujāneyya bhikkhūnañca bhikkhunīnañca yathāvuḍḍhaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammanti. {521.1} Athakho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca mahāpajāpatī bhante gotamī evamāha ekāhaṃ bhante ānanda bhagavantaṃ varaṃ yācāmi sādhu bhante bhagavā anujāneyya bhikkhūnañca bhikkhunīnañca yathāvuḍḍhaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammanti. {521.2} Aṭṭhānametaṃ ānanda anavakāso yaṃ tathāgato anujāneyya mātugāmassa abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammaṃ ime hi nāma ānanda aññatitthiyā durakkhātadhammā mātugāmassa Abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammaṃ na karissanti kimaṅgaṃ pana tathāgato anujānissanti mātugāmassa abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammanti . athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi na bhikkhave mātugāmassa abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammaṃ kātabbaṃ yo kareyya āpatti dukkaṭassāti.