TIPITAKA Volume 16 : PALI ROMAN Sutta Pitaka Vol 8 : Sutta. Saṃ. Ni.

[512] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākassapo sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho Āyasmā ānando pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yenāyasmā mahākassapo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahākassapaṃ etadavoca āyāma bhante kassapa yena aññataro bhikkhunūpassayo tenupasaṅkamissāmāti . gaccha tvaṃ āvuso ānanda bahukicco tvaṃ bahukaraṇīyoti . dutiyampi kho āyasmā ānando āyasmantaṃ mahākassapaṃ etadavoca āyāma bhante kassapa yena aññataro bhikkhunūpassayo tenupasaṅkamissāmāti . gaccha tvaṃ āvuso ānanda bahukicco tvaṃ bahukaraṇīyoti . tatiyampi kho āyasmā ānando āyasmantaṃ mahākassapaṃ etadavoca āyāma bhante kassapa yena aññataro bhikkhunūpassayo tenupasaṅkamissāmāti.