Tadā mahāsubhaddā ugganagare micchādiṭṭhikakule vasamānā "satthā maṃ anukampatū"ti uposathaṃ adhiṭṭhāya nirāmagandhā hutvā uparipāsādatale ṭhitā "imāni pupphāni antare aṭhatvā dasabalassa matthake vitānaṃ hutvā tiṭṭhantu, dasabalo imāya saññāya sve pañcahi bhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhatū"ti saccakiriyaṃ katvā aṭṭha sumanapupphamuṭṭhiyo vissajjesi. Pupphāni gantvā dhammadesanāvelāya satthu matthake vitānaṃ hutvā aṭṭhaṃsu. Satthā taṃ sumanapupphavitānaṃ disvā citteneva subhaddāya bhikkhaṃ adhivāsetvā punadivase aruṇe uṭṭhite ānandattheraṃ āha "ānanda mayaṃ ajja dūraṃ bhikkhācāraṃ gamissāma, puthujjanānaṃ adatvā ariyānaṃyeva salākaṃ dehī"ti. Thero bhikkhūnaṃ ārocesi "āvuso satthā ajja dūraṃ bhikkhācāraṃ gamissati, puthujjanā mā gaṇhantu, ariyāva salākaṃ gaṇhantū"ti. Kuṇḍadhānatthero "āhara āvuso salākan"ti paṭhamaṃyeva hatthaṃ pasāresi. Ānando "satthā tādisānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ salākaṃ na dāpeti, ariyānaṃyeva dāpehī"ti vitakkaṃ uppādetvā gantvā satthu ārocesi. Satthā "āharāpentassa salākaṃ dehī"ti āha. Thero cintesi

@4 cha.Ma. pamajjitthāti 5 Sī. āha āhara 6 Sī. āvuso "sace kuṇḍadhānassa salākā dātuṃ na yuttā, atha satthā paṭibāheyya, bhavissati ettha kāraṇan"ti "kuṇḍadhānassa salākaṃ dassāmī"ti gamanaṃ abhinīhari. Kuṇḍadhāno tassa pure āgamanāeva abhiññāpādakaṃ catutthajjhānaṃ samāpajjitvā iddhiyā ākāse ṭhatvā "āharāvuso ānanda satthā maṃ jānāti, mādisaṃ bhikkhuṃ paṭhamaṃ salākaṃ gaṇhantaṃ na satthā nivāretī"ti hatthaṃ pasāretvā salākaṃ gaṇhi. Satthā taṃ atthuppattiṃ katvā theraṃ imasmiṃ sāsane paṭhamaṃ salākaṃ gaṇhantānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi. Yasmā ayaṃ thero rājānaṃ upatthambhakaṃ labhitvā sappāyāhāralābhena samāhitacitto vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto upanissayasampannatāya chaḷabhiñño ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 2-:-