Asallakkhetvā khadirarukkhakaṇṭakehi vijjhiyamānā vicaritvā ekasmiṃ khadirarukkhe olambantaṃ attano bhaṇḍakaṃ disvā ādāya pakkamiṃsu. Satthāpi bhikkhusaṅghaṃ ādāya puna māsamattameva sīvalittherassa puññaṃ anubhavamāno gantvā pubbārāmaṃ pāvisi. Atha te mahallakabhikkhū pātova mukhaṃ dhovitvā "āgantukabhattadāyikāya visākhāya ghare yāguṃ pivissāmāti gantvā yāguṃ pivitvā khajjakaṃ khāditvā nisīdiṃsu. Atha ne visākhā pucchi "tumhe hi bhante satthārā saddhiṃ revatattherassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ agamitthāti. "āma upāsiketi. "ramaṇīyaṃ bhante therassa vasanaṭṭhānanti. "kuto tassa ramaṇīyatā, setakaṇṭakakhadirarukkhagahanaṃ petānaṃ nivāsanaṭṭhānasadisaṃ upāsiketi. Athaññe dve daharabhikkhū āgamiṃsu. Upāsikā tesaṃpi yāgukhajjakāni datvā tatheva pucchi. Te āhaṃsu "na sakkā upāsike vaṇṇetuṃ, sudhammādevasabhāsadisaṃ, iddhiyā abhisaṅkhataṃ viya therassa vasanaṭṭhānanti. Upāsikā cintesi "paṭhamaṃ āgatabhikkhū aññathā vadiṃsu, ime aññathā vadanti; paṭhamaṃ āgatabhikkhū kiñcideva pammussitvā iddhiyā vissaṭṭhakāle paṭinivattitvā gatā bhavissanti, ime pana iddhiyā abhisaṅkharitvā nimmitakāle gatā bhavissantīti attano paṇḍitabhāvena etamatthaṃ ñatvā "satthu āgamanakāle pucchissāmīti aṭṭhāsi. Tato muhuttasseva satthā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto visākhāya gehaṃ gantvā paññattāsane nisīdi. Sā buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ

Sakkaccaṃ parivisitvā bhattakiccāvasāne satthāraṃ vanditvā paṭipucchi "bhante tumhehi saddhiṃ gatabhikkhūsu ekacce `revatattherassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ khadiragahanaṃ araññanti vadanti, ekacce `ramaṇīyanti vadanti; kinnu kho etanti. taṃ sutvā satthā "upāsike gāmo vā hotu araññaṃ vā, yasmiṃ ṭhāne arahanto viharanti, taṃ ramaṇīyamevāti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

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