Aññesañhi bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhācārapavisanakālo nikkhamanakālo nivāsanaparivattanaṃ cīvarapārupanaṃ antogāme piṇḍāya caraṇaṃ dhammakathanaṃ anumodanaṃ gāmato nikkhamitvā bhattakiccakaraṇaṃ pattadhovanaṃ pattaosāpanaṃ pattacīvarapaṭisāmananti papañcakaraṇaṭṭhānāni etāni, tasmā thero amhākaṃ ettakaṃ ṭhānaṃ muñcitvā pamādakālo nāma natthīti dassento pamādaṭṭhānesuyeva appamādalakkhaṇaṃ vissajjesi.
[328] Athassa bhagavā sādhukāraṃ datvā paṭhamajjhānaṃ pucchanto puna atthi pana votiādimāha. Tattha uttarimanussadhammāti manussadhammato uttari. Alamariyañāṇadassanavisesoti ariyabhāvakaraṇasamatthako ñāṇadassanaviseso. Kiñhi no siyā bhanteti kasmā bhante nādhigato bhavissati, adhigatoyevāti. Yāvadevāti yāva eva.
[329] Evaṃ paṭhamajjhānādhigame byākate dutiyajjhānādīni pucchanto etassa pana votiādimāha. Tattha samatikkamāyāti samatikkamatthāya. Paṭipassaddhiyāti paṭipassaddhatthāya. Sesaṃ sabbattha vuttanayeneva veditabbaṃ. Pacchimapañhe pana lokuttarañāṇadassanavasena adhigatanirodhasamāpattiṃ pucchanto alamariyañāṇadassana- visesoti āha. Theropi pucchānurūpeneva byākāsi. Tattha yasmā vedayitasukhato avedayitasukhaṃ santataraṃ paṇītataraṃ hoti, tasmā aññaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ uttaritaraṃ vā paṇītataraṃ vā na samanupassāmāti āha.
[330] Dhammiyā kathāyāti sāmaggirasānisaṃsapaṭisaṃyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya. Sabbepi te catūsu saccesu pariniṭṭhitakiccā, tena tesaṃ paṭivedhatthāya kiñci kathetabbaṃ natthi. Sāmaggirasena pana ayañca ayañca ānisaṃsoti sāmaggirasānisaṃsameva tesaṃ bhagavā kathesi. Bhagavantaṃ anusaṃyāyitvāti anugantvā. Te kira bhagavato pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā thokaṃ agamaṃsu, atha bhagavā vihārapariveṇapariyantaṃ gatakāle "āharatha me pattacīvaraṃ, tumhe idheva tiṭṭhathā"ti pakkāmi. Tato paṭinivattitvāti tato ṭhitaṭṭhānato nivattitvā. Kiṃ nu kho mayaṃ āyasmatoti bhagavantaṃ nissāya