Dhammadinnātherīvatthu.

38. Aṅgulimālattheravatthu. (301)

"usabhanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aṅgulimālattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Vatthu "na ve kadariyā devalokaṃ vajantīti gāthāvaṇṇanāyaṃ vuttameva. Vuttañhi tattha "bhikkhū aṅgulimālaṃ pucchiṃsu "kiṃ nu kho āvuso duṭṭhahatthiṃ chattaṃ dhāretvā ṭhitaṃ disvā na bhāyasīti. "na bhāyāmi āvusoti. Te satthāraṃ āhaṃsu "aṅgulimālo bhante abhūtena aññaṃ byākarotīti. Satthā "na bhikkhave mama putto aṅgulimālo bhāyati, khīṇāsavausabhānañhi antare jeṭṭhakausabhā mama puttasadisā bhikkhū na bhāyantīti vatvā brāhmaṇavagge imaṃ gāthamāha