[252] Assosi kho rājagahako seṭṭhī anāthapiṇḍikena kira gahapatinā svātanāya buddhappamukho saṅgho nimantitoti . athakho rājagahako seṭṭhī anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca tayā kira gahapati svātanāya buddhappamukho saṅgho nimantito tvañcāsi āgantuko demi te gahapati veyyāyikaṃ yena tvaṃ buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa bhattaṃ kareyyāsīti . alaṃ gahapati atthi me veyyāyikaṃ yenāhaṃ buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa bhattaṃ karissāmīti.

[253] Assosi kho rājagahako negamo anāthapiṇḍikena kira gahapatinā svātanāya buddhappamukho saṅgho nimantitoti . Athakho rājagahako negamo anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca tayā kira gahapati svātanāya buddhappamukho saṅgho nimantito tvañcāsi āgantuko demi te gahapati veyyāyikaṃ yena tvaṃ buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa bhattaṃ kareyyāsīti . alaṃ ayya atthi me veyyāyikaṃ yenāhaṃ buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa bhattaṃ karissāmīti.

[254] Assosi kho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro anāthapiṇḍikena kira gahapatinā svātanāya buddhappamukho saṅgho nimantitoti . athakho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca tayā kira gahapati svātanāya buddhappamukho saṅgho nimantito tvañcāsi āgantuko demi te gahapati veyyāyikaṃ yena tvaṃ buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa bhattaṃ kareyyāsīti . Alaṃ deva atthi me veyyāyikaṃ yenāhaṃ buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa bhattaṃ karissāmīti.

[255] Athakho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati tassā rattiyā accayena rājagahakassa seṭṭhissa nivesane paṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṃ ārocāpesi kālo bhante niṭṭhitaṃ bhattanti . athakho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena rājagahakassa seṭṭhissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghena . athakho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappetvā sampavāretvā bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapatta- pāṇiṃ ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati bhagavantaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu me bhante bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ vassāvāsaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti . suññāgāre kho gahapati tathāgatā abhiramantīti . aññātaṃ bhagavā aññātaṃ sugatāti . athakho bhagavā anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ dhammiyā kathāya saddassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.