[301] Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā kumārakassapo kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi yena setabyā nāma kosalānaṃ nagaraṃ tadavasari . Tatra sudaṃ āyasmā kumārakassapo setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ sīsapāvane . tena kho pana samayena pāyāsi rājañño setabyaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā pasenadinā kosalena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ. {301.1} Tena kho pana samayena pāyāsissa rājaññassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti itipi natthi paro loko natthi sattā opapātikā natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti . Assosuṃ kho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā samaṇo khalu bho kumārakassapo samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi setabyaṃ anuppatto setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ sīsapāvane . taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato paṇḍito byatto medhāvī bahussuto cittakathī kalyāṇapaṭibhāṇo buddho ceva arahā ca sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti . athakho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā setabyāya Nikkhamitvā saṅghasaṅghīgaṇībhūtā uttarenamukhā gacchanti yena sīsapāvanaṃ .