"atha pāpāni kammānīti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ajagarapetaṃ ārabbha kathesi.
Ekasmiṃ hi samaye mahāmoggallānatthero lakkhaṇattherena saddhiṃ gijjhakūṭapabbatā otaranto dibbena cakkhunā pañcavīsatiyojanikaṃ ajagarapetaṃ nāma addasa. Tassa sīsato aggijālā uṭṭhahitvā pariyantaṃ gacchanti, pariyantato uṭṭhahitvā sīsaṃ gacchanti, ubhayato uṭṭhahitvā majjhe osaranti. Thero taṃ disvā sitaṃ katvā lakkhaṇattherena sitakāraṇaṃ puṭṭho "akālo āvuso imassa pañhassa byākaraṇāya, satthu santike maṃ puccheyyāsīti vatvā rājagahe piṇḍāya caritvā satthu santikaṃ gatakāle lakkhaṇattherena puṭṭho āha "tatrāhaṃ āvuso ekaṃ petaṃ addasaṃ, tassa evarūpo nāma attabhāvo, ahantaṃ disvā `na vata me evarūpo attabhāvo diṭṭhapubboti sitaṃ pātvākāsinti. Satthā "cakkhubhūtā vata me bhikkhave sāvakā viharantītiādīni vadanto therassa kathaṃ patiṭṭhāpetvā "mayāpesa bhikkhave peto bodhimaṇḍeyeva diṭṭho, `ye ca pana me vacanaṃ na saddaheyyuṃ, tesantaṃ ahitāya assāti na kathesiṃ, idāni moggallānaṃ sakkhiṃ labhitvā kathemīti vatvā bhikkhūhi tassa pubbakammaṃ puṭṭho byākāsi:
"kassapabuddhakāle kira sumaṅgalaseṭṭhī nāma suvaṇṇiṭṭhakāhi bhūmiyaṃ pattharitvā vīsatiusabhaṭṭhāne tattakeneva dhanena vihāraṃ kāretvā Tāvatakeneva vihāramahaṃ kāresi. So ekadivasaṃ pātova satthu santikaṃ gacchanto nagaradvāre ekissā sālāya kāsāvena sasīsaṃ pārupitvā kalalamakkhitehi pādehi nipannaṃ ekaṃ coraṃ disvā "ayaṃ kalalamakkhitapādo rattiṃ vicaritvā nipannamanusso bhavissatīti āha. Coro mukhaṃ vivaritvā seṭṭhiṃ disvā "hotu, jānissāmi te kattabbanti āghātaṃ bandhitvā sattakkhattuṃ khettaṃ jhāpesi. Sattakkhattuṃ vaje gunnaṃ pāde chindi, sattakkhattuṃ gehaṃ jhāpesi. So ettakenāpi kopaṃ nibbāpetuṃ asakkonto tassa cūḷupaṭṭhākena saddhiṃ mittasanthavaṃ katvā "kinte seṭṭhino piyanti pucchitvā "gandhakuṭito aññaṃ tassa piyataraṃ natthīti sutvā "hotu, gandhakuṭiṃ jhāpetvā kopaṃ nibbāpessāmīti, satthari piṇḍāya paviṭṭhe, pānīyaparibhojanīyaghaṭe bhinditvā gandhakuṭiyaṃ aggiṃ adāsi. Seṭṭhī "gandhakuṭī kira jhāyatīti sutvā āgacchanto jhāmakāle āgantvā gandhakuṭiṃ jhāmaṃ olokento vālaggamattampi domanassaṃ akatvā vāmabāhuṃ sammiñjitvā dakkhiṇena hatthena mahāappoṭhikaṃ appoṭhesi. Atha naṃ samīpe ṭhitā pucchiṃsu "kasmā sāmi ettakaṃ dhanaṃ vissajjetvā katāya gandhakuṭiyā jhāmakāle appoṭhesīti. So āha "ettakaṃ me kammaṃ katvā tātā aggiādīnaṃ asādhāraṇe buddhasāsane dhanaṃ nidahituṃ laddhaṃ, `punapi ettakaṃ vissajjetvā satthu gandhakuṭiṃ kātuṃ labhissāmīti tuṭṭhamānaso appoṭhesinti. So puna tattakaṃ dhanaṃ vissajjetvā gandhakuṭiṃ kāretvā vīsatisahassabhikkhuparivārassa satthuno