[627] Athakho āyasmā ānando yena ghositārāmo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . Athakho āyasmā channo yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ channaṃ āyasmā ānando etadavoca saṅghena te āvuso channa brahmadaṇḍo āṇattoti . Katamo pana bhante ānanda brahmadaṇḍoti . tvaṃ āvuso channa bhikkhu yaṃ iccheyyāsi taṃ vadeyyāsi bhikkhūhi tvaṃ neva vattabbo na ovaditabbo nānusāsitabboti . nanvāhaṃ bhante ānanda hato ettāvatā yatohaṃ bhikkhūhi neva vattabbo na ovaditabbo nānusāsitabboti tattheva mucchito papati . {627.1} Athakho āyasmā channo brahmadaṇḍena aṭṭiyamāno harāyamāno jigucchamāno eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti Vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi . Aññataro ca panāyasmā channo arahataṃ ahosi . athakho āyasmā channo arahattaṃ patto yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca paṭippassambhehīdāni me bhante ānanda brahmadaṇḍanti . yadaggena tayā āvuso channa arahattaṃ sacchikataṃ tadaggena te brahmadaṇḍo paṭippassaddhoti.

[628] Imāya kho pana vinayasaṅgītiyā pañca bhikkhusatāni anūnāni anadhikāni ahesuṃ. Tasmāyaṃ vinayasaṅgīti pañcasatikāti vuccatīti. Pañcasatikakkhandhakaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ ekādasamaṃ. Imamhi khandhake vatthū tevīsati. ----------