Bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āhaṃsu sve āvuso sannipāto tvañca sekkho sakaraṇīyo tena te na yuttaṃ sannipātaṃ gantuṃ appamatto hohīti. Athakho āyasmā ānando sve sannipāto na kho pana me taṃ paṭirūpaṃ yvāhaṃ sekkho samāno sannipātaṃ gaccheyyanti bahumeva rattiṃ kāyagatāsatiyā vītināmetvā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ caṅkamā orohitvā vihāraṃ pavisitvā nipajjissāmīti kāyaṃ āvaṭṭesi. Dve pādā bhūmito muttā asampattañca sīsaṃ bimbohanaṃ etasmiṃ antare anupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimucci. Ayaṃ hi āyasmā caṅkamena bahi vītināmetvā visesaṃ nibbattetumasakkonto
Cintesi nanu maṃ bhagavā etadavoca katapuññosi tvaṃ ānanda padhānamanuyuñja khippaṃ hohisi anāsavoti buddhānañca kathādoso nāma natthi mama accāraddhaṃ viriyaṃ tena me cittaṃ uddhaccāya saṃvattati handāhaṃ viriyasamattaṃ yojemīti caṅkamā orohitvā pādadhovanaṭṭhāne ṭhatvā pāde dhovitvā vihāraṃ pavisitvā mañcake nisīditvā thokaṃ vissamissāmīti kāyaṃ mañcake upanāmesi. Dve pādā bhūmito muttā sīsaṃ bibbohanamasampattaṃ etasmiṃ antare anupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimuttaṃ. Catuiriyāpathavirahitaṃ therassa arahattaṃ. Tena imasmiṃ sāsane anipanno anisinno aṭṭhito acaṅkamanto ko bhikkhu arahattaṃ pattoti vutte ānandattheroti vattuṃ vaṭṭati.
Atha therā bhikkhū dutiyadivase katabhattakiccā pattacīvaraṃ paṭisāmetvā dhammasabhāyaṃ sannipatitā. Ānandatthero pana attano arahattappattiṃ ñāpetukāmo bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ na gato. Bhikkhū yathāvuḍḍhaṃ attano attano āsane nisīdantā ānandat- therassāsanaṃ ṭhapetvā nisinnā. Tattha kehici etamāsanaṃ kassāti vutte ānandassāti. Ānando pana kuhiṃ gatoti. Tasmiṃ samaye thero cintesi idāni mayhaṃ gamanakāloti tato attano ānubhāvaṃ dassento paṭhaviyaṃ nimujjitvā attano āsaneyeva attānaṃ dassesi. Ākāsenāgantvā nisīdītipi eke.
Evaṃ nisinne tasmiṃ āyasmante mahākassapatthero bhikkhū Āmantesi āvuso kiṃ paṭhamaṃ saṅgāyāma dhammaṃ vā vinayaṃ vāti. Bhikkhū āhaṃsu bhante mahākassapa vinayo nāma buddhasāsanassa āyu vinaye ṭhite buddhasāsanaṃ ṭhitaṃ hoti tasmā paṭhamaṃ vinayaṃ saṅgāyāmāti. Kaṃ dhuraṃ katvāti. Āyasmantaṃ upālinti. Kiṃ ānando nappahotīti. No nappahoti apica kho pana sammāsambuddho dharamānoyeva vinayapariyattiṃ nissāya āyasmantaṃ upāliṃ etadagge ṭhapesi etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ vinayadharānaṃ yadidaṃ upālīti tasmā upālittheraṃ pucchitvā vinayaṃ saṅgāyāmāti. Tato thero vinayaṃ pucchanatthāya attanāva attānaṃ sammanni. Upālittheropi visajjanatthāya sammanni. Tatrāyaṃ pāli athakho āyasmā mahākassapo saṅghaṃ ñāpesi suṇātu me āvuso saṅgho yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ ahaṃ upāliṃ vinayaṃ puccheyyanti. Āyasmāpi upāli saṅghaṃ ñāpesi suṇātu me bhante saṅgho yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṃ ahaṃ āyasmatā mahākassapena vinayaṃ puṭṭho visajjeyyanti. Evaṃ attānaṃ sammannitvā āyasmā upāli uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ cīvaraṃ katvā there bhikkhū vanditvā dhammāsane nisīdi dantakhacittaṃ vījaniṃ gahetvā. Tato mahākassapo therāsane nisīditvā āyasmantaṃ upāliṃ vinayaṃ pucchi paṭhamaṃ āvuso upāli pārājikaṃ kattha paññattanti. Vesāliyaṃ bhanteti. Kaṃ ārabbhāti. Sudinnaṃ kalandaputtaṃ ārabbhāti.