Mahāmoggallānattheravatthu.

8. Bahubhaṇḍikabhikkhuvatthu. (114)

"na naggacariyāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto bahubhaṇḍikaṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Sāvatthīvāsī kireko kuṭumbiko, bhariyāya kālakatāya, pabbaji. So pabbajanto attano pariveṇañca aggisālañca bhaṇḍagabbhañca kāretvā sabbaṃpi bhaṇḍagabbhaṃ sappitelādīhi pūretvā pabbaji. Pabbajitvā ca pana attano dāse pakkosāpetvā yathārucitaṃ āhāraṃ pacāpetvā bhuñji. Bahubhaṇḍo ca bahuparikkhāro ca ahosi; rattiṃ aññaṃ nivāsanapārupanaṃ hoti, divā aññaṃ; vihārapaccante vasati. Tassekadivasaṃ cīvarapaccattharaṇāni sukkhāpentassa senāsanacārikaṃ āhiṇḍantā bhikkhū passitvā "kassimāni āvusoti pucchitvā, "mayhanti vutte "āvuso bhagavatā tīṇi cīvarāni anuññātāni, tvaṃ ca evaṃ appicchassa buddhassa sāsane pabbajitvā evaṃ bahuparikkhāro jātoti taṃ satthu santikaṃ netvā "bhante ayaṃ bhikkhu atibahubhaṇḍoti ārocesuṃ. Satthā "saccaṃ kira [tvaṃ] bhikkhūti pucchitvā, "saccaṃ bhanteti vutte, "kasmā pana tvaṃ bhikkhu, mayā appicchatāya dhamme desite, evaṃ bahubhaṇḍo jātoti āha. So tāvattakeneva kupito "iminādāni nīhārena carissāmīti pārupanaṃ chaḍḍetvā parisamajjhe ekacīvaro aṭṭhāsi. Atha naṃ satthā upatthambhayamāno "nanu tvaṃ bhikkhu pubbe hirottappaṃ gavesako dakarakkhasakālepi hirottappaṃ gavesamāno dvādasa vassāni vihāsi; Kasmā idāni evaṃ garuke buddhasāsane pabbajitvā catupparisamajjhe pārupanaṃ chaḍḍetvā hirottappaṃ pahāya ṭhitoti. So satthu vacanaṃ sutvā hirottappaṃ paccupaṭṭhāpetvā taṃ cīvaraṃ pārupitvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Bhikkhū tassa atthassa āvibhāvanatthaṃ bhagavantaṃ yāciṃsu. Atha bhagavā atītaṃ āharitvā kathesi: