kathaṃ ṭhito tvaṃ ahamaṭṭhitomhī"ti.

Tattha samaṇāti bhagavantaṃ ālapati. Mamanti maṃ. Kathanti kenākārena. Ayañhettha attho:- samaṇa tvaṃ gacchantova samāno "ṭhitomhī"ti vadesi. Mamañca ṭhitaṃyeva "aṭṭhito"ti brūsi vadesi, kāraṇenettha bhavitabbaṃ, tasmā taṃ samaṇaṃ ahaṃ etamatthaṃ pucchāmi. Kathaṃ kenākārena tvaṃ ṭhito ahosi, ahañca aṭṭhitomhīti. Evaṃ vutte bhagavā:-

[867] "ṭhito ahaṃ aṅgulimāla sabbadā

sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ