[158] Tenupasaṅkamiṃsūti te kira sakyā āgamanasamayepi te bhikkhū tattheva nisinnā passiṃsu. Atha nesaṃ etadahosi "kiṃ nu kho ete bhikkhū pavisitvā paṭinivattā, jānissāma taṃ kāraṇan"ti cintetvā yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkamiṃsu. Handāti vavassaggatthe nipāto. Kahaṃ pana tumheti tumhe idāneva āgantvā kahaṃ gacchatha, kiṃ tumhākaṃ koci upaddavo udāhu dasabalassāti. Tesaṃ pana bhikkhūnaṃ "āvuso mayaṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya āgantvā, diṭṭho no bhagavā, idāni attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gacchāmā"ti kiñcāpi evaṃ vacanaparihāro natthi, evarūpaṃ pana lesakappaṃ akatvā yathābhūtameva ārocetvā bhagavatā kho āvuso bhikkhusaṃgho paṇāmitoti āhaṃsu. Te pana rājāno sāsane dhuravahā, tasmā cintesuṃ "dvīhi aggasāvakehi saddhiṃ pañcasu bhikkhusatesu gacchantesu bhagavato pādamūlaṃ vigacchissati, imesaṃ nivattanākāraṃ karissāmā"ti. Evaṃ cintetvā tenahāyasmantotiādimāhaṃsu. Tesupi bhikkhūsu "mayaṃ mahāsaddamattakena paṇāmitā, na mayaṃ jīvituṃ asakkontā pabbajitā"ti ekabhikkhupi paṭippharito nāma nāhosi, sabbe pana samakaṃyeva "evamāvuso"ti sampaṭicchiṃsu.
[159] Abhinandatūti bhikkhusaṃghassa āgamanaṃ icchanto abhinandatu. Abhivadatūti etu bhikkhusaṃghoti evaṃ cittaṃ uppādento abhivadatu. Anuggahitoti āmisānuggahena ca dhammānuggahena ca anuggahito. Aññathattanti dasabalassa dassanaṃ na labhāmāti pasādaññathattaṃ bhaveyya. Vipariṇāmoti pasādaññathattena vibbhamantānaṃ vipariṇāmaññathattaṃ bhaveyya. Bījānaṃ taruṇānanti taruṇasassānaṃ. Siyā aññathattanti udakavārakāle udakaṃ alabhantānaṃ milātabhāvena aññathattaṃ bhaveyya, sussitvā
Vacchakassa pana khīrapipāsāya sussanaṃ aññathattaṃ nāma, sussitvā kālakiriyā vipariṇāmo nāma.
[160] Pasādito bhagavāti thero kira tattha nisinnova dibbacakkhunā brahmānaṃ āgataṃ addasa, dibbāya sotadhātuyā ca āyācanasaddaṃ suṇi, cetopariyañāṇena bhagavato pasannabhāvaṃ aññāsi. Tasmā "kañci bhikkhuṃ pesetvā pakkosiyamānānaṃ gamanaṃ nāma na phāsukaṃ, yāva satthā na peseti, tāvadeva gamissāmā"ti maññamāno evamāha. Appossukkoti aññesu kiccesu anussukko hutvā. Diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāranti phalasamāpattivihāraṃ anuyutto maññe bhagavā viharitukāmo, so idāni yathāruciyā viharissati evaṃ me ahosīti vadati. Mayaṃpidānīti mayaṃ paraṃ ovadamānā vihārato nikkaḍḍhitā, kiṃ amhākaṃ parovādena. Idāni mayaṃpi diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāreneva viharissāmāti dīpeti. Thero imasmiṃ ṭhāne viruddho attano bhārabhāvaṃ na aññāsi. Ayaṃ hi bhikkhusaṃgho dvinnaṃpi mahātherānaṃ bhāro, tena naṃ paṭisedhento bhagavā āgamehītiādimāha. Mahāmoggallānatthero pana attano bhārabhāvaṃ aññāsi. Tenassa bhagavā sādhukāraṃ adāsi.