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Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū pacchābhattaṃ Piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ sannisinnā sannipatitā anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti seyyathīdaṃ rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthīkathaṃ sūrakathaṃ 1- visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lokakkhāyikaṃ samuddakkhāyikaṃ iti bhavābhavakathaṃ iti vāti. {69.1} Athakho bhagavā sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenupaṭṭhānasālā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnā kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatāti. {69.2} Idha mayaṃ bhante pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ sannisinnā sannipatitā anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharāma seyyathīdaṃ rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ .pe. Iti bhavābhavakathaṃ iti vāti . na kho panetaṃ bhikkhave tumhākaṃ paṭirūpaṃ kulaputtānaṃ saddhā 2- agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitānaṃ yaṃ tumhe anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā vihareyyātha seyyathīdaṃ rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ mahāmattakathaṃ senākathaṃ bhayakathaṃ yuddhakathaṃ annakathaṃ pānakathaṃ vatthakathaṃ sayanakathaṃ mālākathaṃ gandhakathaṃ ñātikathaṃ yānakathaṃ gāmakathaṃ nigamakathaṃ nagarakathaṃ janapadakathaṃ itthīkathaṃ sūrakathaṃ visikhākathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṃ pubbapetakathaṃ nānattakathaṃ lokakkhāyikaṃ samuddakkhāyikaṃ iti bhavābhavakathaṃ iti vā dasayimāni bhikkhave kathāvatthūni katamāni dasa appicchakathā santuṭṭhikathā @Footnote: 1 Po. surākathaṃ . 2 Ma. saddhāya. Pavivekakathā asaṃsaggakathā viriyārambhakathā sīlakathā samādhikathā paññākathā vimuttikathā vimuttiñāṇadassanakathā 1- imāni kho bhikkhave dasa kathāvatthūni imesaṃ ce tumhe bhikkhave dasannaṃ kathāvatthūnaṃ upādāyupādāya kathaṃ katheyyātha imesampi candimasuriyānaṃ evaṃmahiddhikānaṃ evaṃmahānubhāvānaṃ tejasā tejaṃ pariyādiyeyyātha ko pana vādo aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānanti.