[178] Evamme sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā aṅgesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi yena campā tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā campāyaṃ viharati gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre.

[179] Tena kho pana samayena soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo campaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā māgadhena seniyena bimbisārena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ . Assosuṃ kho campeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅgesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi campaṃ anuppatto campāyaṃ viharati gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti so imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sadevamanussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti so dhammaṃ deseti ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ Dassanaṃ hotīti . athakho campeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā campāya nikkhamitvā saṃghāsaṃghīgaṇībhūtā yena gaggarā pokkharaṇī tenupasaṅkamanti.

[180] Tena kho pana samayena soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo uparipāsāde divāseyyaṃ upagato hoti . addasā kho soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo campeyyake brāhmaṇagahapatike campāya nikkhamitvā saṃghāsaṃghīgaṇībhūte yena gaggarā pokkharaṇī tenupasaṅkamante disvā khattaṃ āmantesi kiṃ nu kho bho khatte campeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā campāya nikkhamitvā saṃghāsaṃghīgaṇībhūtā yena gaggarā pokkharaṇī tenupasaṅkamantīti . atthi kho bho samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅgesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi campaṃ anuppatto campāyaṃ viharati gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti tamete bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamantīti . tenahi bho khatte yena campeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā campeyyake brāhmaṇagahapatike evaṃ vadesi soṇadaṇḍo bho brāhmaṇo evamāha āgamentu kira bhavanto soṇadaṇḍopi brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti . evaṃ bhoti kho so khatto soṇadaṇḍassa Brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā yena campeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā campeyyake brāhmaṇagahapatike etadavoca soṇadaṇḍo bho brāhmaṇo evamāha āgamentu kira bhavanto soṇadaṇḍopi brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti.