kinnu kammaṃ karitvāna pattosi dukkhamīdisanti. Athassa peto ācikkhanto

"ahaṃ bhante moggallāna kassapassa mahesino

saṅghassābhihaṭaṃ bhattaṃ āharesiṃ yathicchakanti gāthaṃ vatvā āha "bhante kassapabuddhakāle sambahulā bhikkhū gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pavisiṃsu. Manussā there disvā sampiyāyamānā āsanasālāyaṃ nisīdāpetvā pāde dhovitvā telena makkhetvā yāguṃ pāyetvā khajjakaṃ datvā piṇḍapātakālaṃ āgamayamānā dhammaṃ suṇantā nisīdiṃsu. Dhammakathāvasāne therānaṃ patte ādāya attano attano gehe nānaggarasabhojanassa pūretvā āhariṃsu. Tadāhaṃ kāko hutvā āsanasālāya chadanapiṭaṭhe nisinno taṃ disvā ekena gahitapattato tikkhattuṃ Mukhaṃ pūrento tayo kabaḷe aggahesiṃ, taṃ pana bhattaṃ neva saṅghassa santakaṃ, na saṅghassa niyametvā dinnaṃ, na bhikkhūhi gahitāvasesakaṃ attano gehaṃ netvā manussehi bhuñjitabbakaṃ, kevalaṃ saṅghaṃ uddissa abhihaṭamattameva, tato mayā tayo kabaḷā gahitā, ettakaṃ me pubbakammaṃ; svāhaṃ kālaṃ katvā tassa kammassa vipākena avīcimhi pacitvā tattha pakkāvasesena idāni gijjhakūṭe kākapeto hutvā nibbatto idaṃ dukkhaṃ paccanubhomīti. Idaṃ kākapeta vatthu.

Idha pana thero "ahipetaṃ disvā sitaṃ pātvākāsinti āha. Athassa satthā sakkhi hutvā "saccaṃ bhikkhave moggallāno āha, mayā panesa sambodhippattadivaseyeva diṭṭho, apicāhaṃ `ye me vacanaṃ na saddaheyyuṃ, tesaṃ ahitāya bhaveyyāti parānudayāya na kathesinti āha. Lakkhaṇasaṃyuttepi hi mahāmoggallānena diṭṭhakāleyeva satthā tassa sakkhi hutvā vīsativatthūni kathesi. Idampi tena tatheva kathitaṃ. Taṃ sutvā bhikkhū tassa pubbakammaṃ pucchiṃsu. Satthāpi tesaṃ kathesi: