6. Biḷālapadakaseṭṭhivatthu. (100)
"māvamaññetha puññassāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto biḷālapadakaseṭṭhiṃ ārabbha kathesi.
Ekasmiṃ hi samaye sāvatthīvāsino vaggabandhena buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dānaṃ denti. Athekadivasaṃ satthā anumodanaṃ karonto evamāha "upāsakā idhekacco attanā dānaṃ deti, paraṃ na samādapeti, so nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne bhogasampadaṃ labhati, no parivārasampadaṃ, ekacco attanā dānaṃ na deti, paraṃ samādapeti, so nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne parivārasampadaṃ labhati, no bhogasampadaṃ; ekacco attanā ca dānaṃ na deti parañca na samādapeti, so nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne no bhogasampadaṃ labhati, no parivārasampadaṃ; vighāsādo hutvā vicarati; ekacco attanā ca dānaṃ deti parañca samādapeti; so nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne bhogasampadañca labhati parivārasampadañcāti. Atheko paṇḍitapuriso taṃ dhammadesanaṃ sutvā "aho acchariyamidaṃ kāraṇaṃ, ahandāni ubhayasampattisaṃvattanikaṃ kammaṃ karissāmīti cintetvā satthāraṃ uṭṭhāya gamanakāle āha "bhante sve amhākaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathāti. "kittakehi pana te bhikkhūhi atthoti. "sabbehi bhikkhūhi bhanteti. Satthā adhivāsesi. Sopi gāmaṃ pavisitvā "ammatātā mayā svātanāya buddhappamukho bhikkhusaṅgho nimantito, yo yattakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ sakkoti, so tattakānaṃ yāguādīnaṃ atthāya taṇḍulādīni
Detu; ekasmiṃ ṭhāne pacāpetvā dānaṃ dassāmāti ugghosento vicari. Atha naṃ eko seṭṭhī attano āpaṇadvāraṃ sampattaṃ disvā "ayaṃ attano pahonake bhikkhū animantetvā sakalagāmaṃ samādapento vicaratīti kujjhitvā "tayā gahitabhājanaṃ āharāti tīhi aṅgulīhi gahetvā thoke taṇḍule adāsi, tathā mugge tathā māseti. So tato paṭṭhāya biḷālapadakaseṭṭhī nāma jāto. Sappiphāṇitādīni dentopi karaṇḍakakaṇṇikaṃ kuṭe pakkhipitvā ekato naṃ katvā binduṃ binduṃ paggharāpento thokameva adāsi. Upāsako avasesehi dinnaṃ ekato katvā iminā dinnaṃ visuṃyeva aggahesi. So seṭṭhī tassa kiriyaṃ disvā "kiṃ nu kho esa mayā dinnaṃ visuṃ gaṇhātīti cintetvā tassa pacchato ekaṃ cūḷupaṭṭhākaṃ pahiṇi "gaccha, yaṃ esa karoti, taṃ jānāhīti. So gantvā "seṭaṭhissa mahapphalaṃ hotūti yāgubhattapūvānaṃ atthāya ekaṃ dve taṇḍule pakkhipitvā muggamāsepi telaphāṇitādibindūnipi sabbabhājanesu pakkhipi. Cūḷupaṭṭhāko gantvā seṭṭhissa ārocesi. Taṃ sutvā seṭṭhī cintesi "sace me so parisamajjhe avaṇṇaṃ bhāsissati, mama nāme gahitamatteyeva naṃ paharitvā māressāmīti nivāsanantare churikaṃ bandhitvā punadivase gantvā bhattagge aṭṭhāsi. So puriso buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ parivisitvā bhagavantaṃ āha "bhante mayā mahājanaṃ samādapetvā idaṃ dānaṃ dinnaṃ, tattha samādapitā manussā attano balena bahūnipi