Mahāhaṃsajātakaṃ

ete haṃsā pakkamantīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ānandattherassa jīvitapariccāgameva ārabbha kathesi.

Vatthu pana vuttasadisameva.

Ekadivasamhi bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ āvuso āyasmatā ānandena tathāgatassatthāya attano jīvitaṃ pariccajantena dukkaraṃ kataṃ nālāgiriṃ disvā satthārā tikkhattuṃ paṭibāhiyamānopi neva nivattako hoti aho dukkarakārako āyasmā ānandattheroti. Satthā ānandassa guṇakathā pavattati gantabbaṃ mayā etthāti gandhakuṭito nikkhamitvā āgantvā kāyanuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā imāya nāmāti vutte na bhikkhave idāneva pubbepi ānando tiracchānayoniyaṃ nibbattopi mamatthāya attano jīvitaṃ pariccajiyevāti vatvā tuṇhī ahosi tehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.