[142] Athakho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi siyā kho pana bhikkhave ekabhikkhussapi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vā pucchatha bhikkhave mā pacchā Vippaṭisārino ahuvattha sammukhībhūto no satthā ahosi na mayaṃ sikkhimhā bhagavantaṃ sammukhā paṭipucchitunti . evaṃ vutte te bhikkhū tuṇhī ahesuṃ . dutiyampi kho bhagavā .pe. tatiyampi kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi siyā kho pana bhikkhave ekabhikkhussapi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vā pucchatha bhikkhave mā pacchā vippaṭisārino ahuvattha sammukhībhūto no satthā ahosi na mayaṃ sikkhimhā bhagavantaṃ sammukhā paṭipucchitunti. Tatiyampi kho te bhikkhū tuṇhī ahesuṃ. {142.1} Athakho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi siyā kho pana bhikkhave satthu gāravenapi na puccheyyātha sahāyakopi bhikkhave sahāyakassa ārocetūti . evaṃ vutte te bhikkhū tuṇhī ahesuṃ. Athakho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca acchariyaṃ bhante abbhutaṃ bhante evaṃ pasanno ahaṃ bhante imasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe natthi imasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe ekabhikkhussāpi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vāti . pasādā kho tvaṃ ānanda vadesi ñāṇameva hettha ānanda tathāgatassa natthi imasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe ekabhikkhussāpi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vā imesaṃ hi ānanda pañcannaṃ bhikkhusatānaṃ yo pacchimako bhikkhu so sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyanoti.

[143] Athakho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi handadāni bhikkhave āmantayāmi vo vayadhammā saṅkhārā appamādena sampādethāti . Ayaṃ tathāgatassa pacchimā vācā.