Savanāyāti yāciṃsu. Thero te bhikkhū ādāya tattha gantvā `temāsaṃ ekavihārino tathāgatassa santikaṃ ettakehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ upasaṅkamanaṃ ayuttanti cintetvā ekakova satthāraṃ upasaṅkami. Pārileyyako taṃ disvā daṇḍamādāya pakkhandi. Satthā oloketvā `apehi pārileyyaka, mā nivārayi, buddhupaṭṭhāko esoti āha. So tattheva daṇḍaṃ chaḍḍetvā pattacīvarapaṭiggahaṇaṃ āpucchi. Thero nādāsi. Nāgo `sace uggahitavatto bhavissati, satthu nisīdanapāsāṇaphalake attano parikkhāraṃ na ṭhapessatīti cintesi. Thero pattacīvaraṃ bhūmiyaṃ ṭhapesi. Vattasampannā hi garūnaṃ āsane vā sayane vā attano parikkhāraṃ na ṭhapenti. Thero satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Satthā `ekakova āgatosīti pucchitvā pañcasatehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ āgatabhāvaṃ sutvā `kahaṃ paneteti vatvā, `tumhākaṃ cittaṃ ajānanto bahi ṭhapetvā āgatomhīti vutte, `pakkosāhi neti āha. Thero tathā akāsi. Satthā tehi saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā, tehi bhikkhūhi `bhante bhagavā buddhasukhumālo ceva khattiyasukhumālo ca, tumhehi temāsaṃ ekakehi tiṭṭhantehi nisīdantehi ca dukkaraṃ kataṃ, vattapaṭivattakārakopi mukhodakādidāyakopi nāhosi maññeti vutte, `bhikkhave pārileyyaka- hatthinā mayhaṃ sabbakiccāni katāni, evarūpaṃ hi sahāyaṃ labhantena ekato vasituṃ yuttaṃ, alabhantassa ekacariyabhāvova seyyoti vatvā nāgavagge imā gāthā abhāsi

"sace labhetha nipakaṃ sahāyaṃ

saddhiṃcaraṃ sādhuvihāridhīraṃ,