[260] Konāmāyasmāti na thero tassa nāmaṃ na jānāti. Jānantoyeva pana sammodituṃ labhissāmīti pucchi. Kathañca pana āyasmantanti idaṃ pana thero sammodamāno āha. Mantāniputtoti mantāniyā brāhmaṇiyā putto. Yathātanti ettha tanti nipātamattaṃ, yathā sutavatā sāvakena byākātabbā, evameva byākatāti ayamettha saṅkhepattho. Anumassa anumassāti dasakathāvatthūni ogāhetvā anupavisitvā. Velaṇḍupakenāti ettha velaṃ vuccati vatthaṃ, aṇḍūpakaṃ cumbaṭakaṃ. Vatthacumbaṭakaṃ sīse katvā āyasmantaṃ tattha vā nisīdāpetvā pariharantāpi sabrahmacārī dassanāya labheyyuṃ, evaṃ laddhadassanaṃpi tesaṃ lābhāyevāti aṭṭhānaparikappena abhiṇhadassanassa upāyaṃ dassesi. Evaṃ apariharantena hi pañhaṃ vā pucchitukāmena dhammaṃ vā sotukāmena "thero kattha ṭhito kattha nisinno"ti pariyesantena caritabbaṃ hoti. Evaṃ pariharantena pana icchiticchitakkhaṇeyeva sīsato oropetvā mahārahe āsane nisīdāpetvā sakkā hoti pañhaṃ vā pucchituṃ dhammaṃ vā sotuṃ. Iti aṭṭhānaparikappena abhiṇhadassanassa upāyaṃ dassesi.

Sāriputtoti ca pana manti sāriyā brāhmaṇiyā puttoti ca pana evaṃ maṃ sabrahmacārī jānanti. Satthukappenāti satthusadisena. Iti ekapadeneva āyasmā puṇṇo sāriputtattheraṃ candamaṇḍalaṃ āhacca ṭhapento viya ukkhipi. Therassa hi imasmiṃ ṭhāne ekantadhammakathikabhāvo pākaṭo ahosi. Amaccaṃ hi purohitaṃ mahantoti vadamāno rājasadisoti vadeyya, goṇaṃ hatthippamāṇoti, vāpiṃ samuddappamāṇoti, ālokaṃ candimasuriyālokappamāṇoti, ito paraṃ etesaṃ mahantabhāvakathā

Sāvakaṃpi mahāti vadanto satthupaṭibhāgoti vadeyya, ito paraṃ tassa mahantabhāvakathā nāma natthi. Iccāyasmā puṇṇo ekapadeneva theraṃ candamaṇḍalaṃ āhacca ṭhapento viya ukkhipi.

Ettakaṃpi no nappaṭibhāseyyāti paṭisambhidāpattassa appaṭibhāṇaṃ nāma natthi. Yā panāyaṃ upamā āhaṭā, taṃ na āhareyyāma, atthameva katheyyāma. Upamāhi ajānantānaṃ āhariyatīti ayamettha adhippāyo. Aṭṭhakathāyaṃ pana idaṃpi paṭikkhipitvā upamā nāma buddhānaṃpi santike āhariyati, theraṃ panesa apacāyamāno evamāhāti.