Pañcaggadāyakabrāhmaṇavatthu.

7. Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu. (258)

"mettāvihārīti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sambahule bhikkhū ārabbha kathesi.

Ekasmiṃ hi samaye āyasmante mahākaccāne avantijanapadesu kuraragharaṃ nissāya pavatte pabbate viharante, soṇo nāma kuṭikaṇṇo upāsako therassa dhammakathāya pasīditvā therassa santike pabbajitukāmo therena "dukkaraṃ kho soṇa yāvajīvaṃ ekabhattaṃ ekaseyyaṃ brahmacariyanti vatvā dve vāre paṭikkhittopi pabbajjāya ativiya ussāhajāto tatiyavāre theraṃ yācitvā pabbajitvā appabhikkhukattā dakkhiṇāpathassa tiṇṇaṃ vassānaṃ accayena laddhūpasampado satthāraṃ sammukhā daṭṭhukāmo hutvā