7. Atulaupāsakavatthu. (180)

"porāṇametanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto atulannāma upāsakaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

So hi sāvatthīvāsī upāsako pañcasataupāsakaparivāro ekadivasaṃ te upāsake ādāya dhammassavanatthāya vihāraṃ gantvā revatattherassa santike dhammaṃ sotukāmo hutvā revatattheraṃ vanditvā nisīdi. So panāyasmā paṭisallānārāmo sīho viya ekacaro; tasmā tena saddhiṃ na kiñci kathesi. So "ayaṃ thero na kiñci kathesīti kuddho uṭṭhāya sārīputtattherassa santikaṃ gantvā

Ekamantaṃ ṭhito, therena "kenatthena āgatatthāti vutte, "bhante ahaṃ ime upāsake ādāya dhammassavanatthāya revatattheraṃ upasaṅkamiṃ, tassa me thero na kiñci kathesi, sohaṃ tassa kujjhitvā idhāgato; dhammaṃ me kathethāti āha. Atha thero "tenahi upāsakā nisīdathāti bahukaṃ katvā abhidhammakathaṃ kathesi. Upāsako "abhidhammakathā nāma atisaṇhā atisukhumā, thero bahuṃ abhidhammameva kathesi, amhākaṃ iminā ko atthoti kujjhitvā parisaṃ ādāya ānandattherassa santikaṃ agamāsi; therenāpi "kiṃ upāsakāti vutte, "bhante mayaṃ dhammassavanatthāya revatattheraṃ upasaṅkamimhā, tassa santike allāpasallāpamattaṃpi alabhitvā kuddhā sārīputtattherassa santikaṃ āgamimhā, sopi no atisaṇhaṃ bahuṃ abhidhammameva kathesi, `iminā amhākaṃ ko atthoti etassāpi kujjhitvā idhāgatamha; kathehi no bhante dhammakathanti. "tenahi nisīditvā suṇāthāti. Thero tesaṃ suviññeyyaṃ katvā appakameva dhammaṃ kathesi. Te therassāpi kujjhitvā satthu santikaṃ gantvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Atha ne satthā āha "kasmā upāsakā āgatatthāti. "dhammassavanatthāya bhanteti. "suto pana vo dhammoti. "bhante mayaṃ ādito revatattheraṃ upasaṅkamimhā, so amhehi saddhiṃ na kiñci kathesi, tassa kujjhitvā sārīputtattheraṃ upasaṅkamimhā, tena no bahu abhidhammo kathito, taṃ asallakkhetvā kujjhitvā ānandattheraṃ