Satthā cintesi "nando ativiya pamatto viharati, anabhiratiṃ vūpasametuṃ na sakkoti, etassa cittanibbāpanaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti. Tato naṃ āha "ehi nanda devacārikaṃ gamissāmā"ti. Bhagavā kathāhaṃ iddhimantehi gantabbaṭṭhānaṃ gamissāmīti. Tvaṃ kevalaṃ gamanacittaṃ uppādehi, gantvā passissasīti. So dasabalassa ānubhāvena tathāgatena saddhiṃyeva devacārikaṃ gantvā sakkassa devarañño nivesanaṃ oloketvā pañca accharāsatāni addasa. Satthā nandattheraṃ subhanimittavasena tā olokentaṃ disvā "nanda imā nu kho accharā manāpā, atha janapadakalyāṇī"ti pucchi. Bhante janapadakalyāṇī imā accharā upanidhāya kaṇṇanāsacchinnakā makkaṭī viya khāyatīti. Nanda evarūpā accharā samaṇadhammaṃ karontānaṃ na dullabhāti. Sace me bhante bhagavā pāṭibhogo hoti, ahaṃ samaṇadhammaṃ karissāmīti. Vissaṭṭho tvaṃ nanda samaṇadhammaṃ kara. Sace te sappaṭisandhikā kālakiriyā bhavissati, ahaṃ etāsaṃ paṭilābhatthāya pāṭibhogoti. Iti satthā yathāruciyā devacārikaṃ caritvā jetavanameva paccāgacchi.

Tato paṭṭhāya nandatthero accharānaṃ hetu rattidivasaṃ samaṇadhammaṃ karoti.

@4 cha.Ma.,i. pavisati 5 cha.Ma.,i. gacchissāmāti 6 Sī. kaṇṇanāsacchinnā kāṇamakkaṭī