13. Saṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu. (57)
"yāvadeva anatthāyāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto saṭṭhikūṭapetaṃ ārabbha kathesi.
Purimanayeneva hi mahāmoggallānatthero lakkhaṇattherena saddhiṃ gijjhakūṭā orohanto aññatarasmiṃ padese sitaṃ katvā therena sitakāraṇaṃ puṭṭho "bhagavato santike maṃ puccheyyāsīti vatvā piṇḍāya caritvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā nisinnakāle puna puṭṭho "ahaṃ āvuso ekaṃ petaṃ addasaṃ tigāvutappamāṇena attabhāvena, tassa saṭṭhī ayakūṭasahassāni ādittāni sampajjalitāni uparimatthake patitvā uṭṭhahanti sīsaṃ bhindanti, bhinnaṃ bhinnaṃ puna samuṭṭhahati, iminā attabhāvena mayā evarūpo attabhāvo na diṭṭhapubbo, ahantaṃ disvā sitaṃ pātvākāsinti āha. Petavatthusmiṃ hi