[314] Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassārāme aciraparinibbute bhagavati.

[315] Tena kho pana samayena subho māṇavo todeyyaputto sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati kenacideva karaṇīyena . athakho subho māṇavo todeyyaputto aññataraṃ māṇavakaṃ āmantesi ehi tvaṃ māṇavaka yena samaṇo ānando tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena samaṇaṃ ānandaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ puccha subho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhavantaṃ ānandaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchatīti evañca vadehi sādhu kira bhavaṃ ānando yena subhassa māṇavassa todeyyaputtassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti. {315.1} Evaṃ bhoti kho so māṇavako subhassa māṇavassa todeyyaputtassa paṭissutvā yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so māṇavako āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca subho kho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhavantaṃ ānandaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchati evañca vadeti sādhu kira bhavaṃ ānando yena subhassa māṇavassa todeyyaputtassa Nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti.

[316] Evaṃ vutte āyasmā ānando taṃ māṇavakaṃ etadavoca akālo kho māṇavaka atthi me ajja bhesajjamattā pītā appevanāma svepi upasaṅkameyyāma kālañca samayañca upādāyāti . Evaṃ bhoti kho so māṇavako āyasmato ānandassa paṭissutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena subho māṇavo todeyyaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā subhaṃ māṇavaṃ todeyyaputtaṃ etadavoca avocumhā kho mayaṃ bhoto vacanena taṃ bhavantaṃ ānandaṃ subho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhavantaṃ ānandaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchati evañca vadeti sādhu kira bhavaṃ ānando yena subhassa māṇavassa todeyyaputtassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti evaṃ vutte bho samaṇo ānando maṃ etadavoca akālo kho māṇavaka atthi me ajja bhesajjamattā pītā appevanāma svepi upasaṅkameyyāma kālañca samayañca upādāyāti ettāvatāpi kho bho katameva etaṃ yato kho so bhavaṃ ānando okāsamakāsi svātanāyapi upasaṅkamanāyāti.