Imāsañca imāsañcāti paṭhamajjhānādīnaṃ lokiyalokuttarānaṃ. Cetasā ceto paricca viditoti ajja me āyasmanto lokiyasamāpattiyā vītināmesuṃ, ajja lokuttarāyāti evaṃ cittena cittaṃ paricchinditvā viditaṃ. Devatāpi meti bhante anuruddha ajja ayyo nandiyatthero, ajja ayyo kimbilatthero imāya ca imāya ca samāpattiyā vītināmesīti evamārocesunti attho. Pañhābhipuṭṭhenāti taṃpi mayā sayaṃ viditanti vā devatāhi ārocitanti vā ettakeneva mukhaṃ me sajjanti. Kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpetvā apuṭṭheneva me na kathitaṃ. Bhagavatā pana pañhābhipuṭṭhe pañhaṃ abhipucchitena satā byākataṃ, tatra me kiṃ na rocathāti āha.

[331] Dīghoti "maṇi mānicaro dīgho, atho serīsako sahā"ti evaṃ āgato aṭṭhavīsatiyā yakkhasenāpatīnaṃ abbhantaro eko devarājā. Parajanoti tasseva yakkhassa nāmaṃ. Yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamīti so kira vessavaṇena pesito etaṃ ṭhānaṃ gacchanto bhagavantaṃ sayaṃ pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā giñjakāvasathato gosiṅgasālavanassa antare disvā bhagavā attanā pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā gosiṅgasālavane tiṇṇaṃ kulaputtānaṃ santikaṃ gacchati. Ajja mahatī dhammadesanā bhavissati. Mayāpi tassā desanāya bhāginā bhavitabbanti adissamānena kāyena satthu padānupadiko gantvā avidūre ṭhatvā dhammaṃ sutvā satthari gacchantepi na gato, "ime therā kiṃ karissantī"ti dassanatthaṃ pana tattheva ṭhito. Atha te dve there anuruddhattheraṃ palibodhante disvā ime therā bhagavantaṃ nissāya pabbajjādayo sabbaguṇe adhigantvāpi bhagavatova maccharāyanti, na sahanti, ativiya nilīyanti paṭicchādenti, na idāni tesaṃ paṭicchādetuṃ dassāmi, paṭhavito yāva brahmalokā etesaṃ guṇe pakāsessāmī"ti cintetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.

Lābhā vata bhanteti ye bhante vajjiraṭṭhavāsino bhagavantañca ime ca tayo kulaputte passituṃ labhanti, vandituṃ labhanti, deyyadhammaṃ dātuṃ labhanti, dhammaṃ