7. Āgantukabhikkhuvatthu. (228)

"nagaraṃ yathāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sambahule āgantuke bhikkhū ārabbha kathesi.

Te kira ekasmiṃ paccante vassaṃ upagantvā paṭhamamāse sukhaṃ vihariṃsu. Majjhimamāse corā āgantvā tesaṃ gocaragāmaṃ paharitvā karamare gahetvā agamaṃsu. Tato paṭṭhāya manussā corānaṃ paṭibāhanatthāya taṃ paccantanagaraṃ abhisaṅkharontā te bhikkhū sakkaccaṃ Upaṭṭhātuṃ okāsaṃ na labhiṃsu. Te aphāsukaṃ vassaṃ vasitvā vutthavassā satthu dassanāya sāvatthiṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Satthā tehi saddhiṃ katappaṭisanthāro "kiṃ bhikkhave sukhaṃ vasitthāti pucchitvā, "bhante mayaṃ paṭhamamāsameva sukhaṃ vasimhā, majjhimamāse corā gāmaṃ pahariṃsu, tato paṭṭhāya manussā nagaraṃ abhisaṅkharontā sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhātuṃ okāsaṃ na labhiṃsu; tasmā aphāsukaṃ vassaṃ vasimhāti vutte, "alaṃ bhikkhave, mā cintayittha, phāsuvihāro nāma niccakālaṃ dullabho; bhikkhunā nāma, yathā te manussā nagaraṃ gopayiṃsu; evaṃ attabhāvameva gopayituṃ vaṭṭatīti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"nagaraṃ yathā paccantaṃ guttaṃ santarabāhiraṃ;