Evamāvusoti kho āyasmā mahākassapoti theropi yasmā piyadhammassavanova ariyasāvako, tasmā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā gacchāvuso tvaṃ, mayhaṃ sīsaṃ vā rujjati
Paṭissutvā ca nisinnaṭṭhānato vuṭṭhāya cammakkhaṇḍaṃ pappoṭhetvā mahāmoggallānaṃ anubandhi. Tasmiṃ samaye dve mahātherā paṭipāṭiyā ṭhitāni dve candamaṇḍalāni viya, dve suriyamaṇḍalāni viya, dve chaddantanāgarājāno viya, dve sīhā viya, dve byagghā viya ca virociṃsu. Anuruddhattheropi tasmiṃ samaye divāṭṭhāne nisinno dve mahāthere sāriputtattherassa santikaṃ gacchante disvā pacchimalokadhātuṃ olokento suriyaṃ vanantaṃ pavisantaṃ viya, pācīnalokadhātuṃ olokento candaṃ vanantato uggacchantaṃ viya, sālavanaṃ olokento sabbaphāliphullaṃ sālavanañca disvā ajja uposathadivaso, ime ca me jeṭṭhabhātikā dhammasenāpatissa santikaṃ gacchanti, mahantena dhammassavanena bhavitabbaṃ, ahaṃpi dhammassavanassa bhāgī bhavissāmīti nisinnaṭṭhānato vuṭṭhāya cammakkhaṇḍaṃ pappoṭhetvā mahātherānaṃ padānupadiko hutvā nikkhami. Tena vuttaṃ "athakho āyasmā ca mahāmoggallāno āyasmā ca mahākassapo āyasmā ca anuruddho yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkamiṃsū"ti. Upasaṅkamiṃsūti paṭipāṭiyā ṭhitā tayo candā viya, suriyā viya, sīhā viya ca virocamānā upasaṅkamiṃsu.
[333] Evaṃ upasaṅkamante pana te mahāthere āyasmā ānando attano divāṭṭhāne nisinnoyeva disvā "ajja mahantaṃ dhammassavanaṃ bhavissati, mayāpi tassa bhāginā bhavitabbaṃ, na kho pana ekakova gamissāmi, mayhaṃ piyasahāyaṃpi revatattheraṃ gahetvā gamissāmī"ti sabbaṃ mahāmoggallānassa mahākassapassa anuruddhassa upasaṅkamane vuttanayeneva vitthārato veditabbaṃ. Iti te dve janā paṭipāṭiyā ṭhitā dve candā viya, suriyā viya, sīhā viya ca, virocamānā upasaṅkamiṃsu. Tena vuttaṃ "addasā kho āyasmā sāriputto"tiādi. Disvāna āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavocāti dūratova disvā anukkamena kathāupacārasampattaṃ etaṃ "etu kho āyasmā"tiādivacanaṃ avoca. Ramaṇīyaṃ āvusoti ettha duvidhaṃ rāmaṇeyyakaṃ vanarāmaṇeyyakaṃ puggalarāmaṇeyyakañca. Tattha vanaṃ nāma nāgasalaḷasālacampakādīhi Sañchannaṃ hoti bahalacchāyaṃ pupphaphalūpagavividharukkhaṃ udakasampannaṃ gāmato nissaṭaṃ, idaṃ vanarāmaṇeyyakaṃ nāma. Yaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ:-