20. Maggavaggavaṇṇanā

1. pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu. (203)

"maggānaṭṭhaṅgikoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto pañcasate bhikkhū ārabbha kathesi.

Te kira satthari janapadacārikaṃ caritvā puna sāvatthimāgate upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ nisīditvā "asukagāmato asukagāmassa maggo samo, asukagāmassa maggo visamo, sasakkharo, asakkharotiādinā nayena attanā vicaritamaggaṃ ārabbha maggakathaṃ kathesuṃ. Satthā tesaṃ arahattassa upanissayaṃ disvā taṃ ṭhānaṃ āgantvā paññattāsane nisinno "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā "imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave ayaṃ bāhirakamaggo, bhikkhunā nāma ariyamagge kammaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, evaṃ karonto bhikkhu sabbadukkhā pamuccatīti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi