Gahetabbaṃ nāhosi. Devamanussehi ābhatapaṇṇākāreneva sabbakiccāni akāsi. So satthāraṃ vanditvā āha "bhante ahaṃ `tumhākaṃ dānaṃ dassāmīti āgacchanto māsaṃ antarāmagge ahosiṃ, idha me māso vītivatto, mayā ābhataṃ kiñci gahetuṃ na labhāmi, ettakaṃ kālaṃ devamanussehi ābhatapaṇṇākāreneva dānaṃ adāsiṃ, sohaṃ sacepi idha saṃvaccharaṃ vasissāmi, neva mama deyyadhammaṃ dātuṃ labhissāmi, sakaṭāni otāretvā gantuṃ icchāmi, paṭisāmanaṭṭhānaṃ me ārocāpethāti. Satthā ānandattheraṃ āha "ānanda upāsakassa ekaṃ padesaṃ tucchaṃ kāretvā dehīti. Thero tathā akāsi. Kappiyabhūmi kira cittassa gahapatino anuññātā. Upāsakopi attanā saddhiṃ āgatehi tīhi janasahassehi saddhiṃ tucchasakaṭehi puna maggaṃ paṭipajji. Devamanussā uṭṭhāya "ayya tayā tucchasakaṭehi gamanakammaṃ katanti sattahi ratanehi sakaṭāni pūrayiṃsu. So attano ābhatapaṇṇākārehi mahājanaṃ paṭijagganto agamāsi.

Ānandatthero satthāraṃ vanditvā āha "bhante tumhākaṃ santikaṃ āgacchantopi māsena āgato, idhāpi māsameva vuttho, ettakaṃ kālaṃ ābhatapaṇṇākāreneva dānaṃ adāsi; idāni pañca sakaṭasatāni tucchāni katvā māseneva kira gamissati, devamanussā panassa uṭṭhāya "ayya tayā tucchasakaṭehi gamanakammaṃ katanti sakaṭāni sattahi ratanehi pūrayiṃsu, puna [1]- attano ābhatapaṇṇākāreneva

Kira mahājanaṃ paṭijagganto gamissati; kiṃ pana bhante etassa tumhākaṃ santikaṃ āgacchantasseva ayaṃ sakkāro uppajjati, udāhu aññattha gacchantassāpi uppajjatīti. "ānanda mama santikaṃ āgacchantassāpi aññattha gacchantassāpi uppajjateva, ayañhi upāsako saddho pasanno sampannasīlo, evarūpo yaṃ yaṃ padesaṃ bhajati; tattha tatthevassa lābhasakkāro nibbattatīti vatvā satthā imaṃ pakiṇṇakavagge gāthamāha

"saddho sīlena sampanno yasobhogasamappito