Atha naṃ satthā majjhattabhāvena ānubhāvasampannabhāvena ca bhikkhūnaṃ senāsanaṃ paññāpane bhattuddesane ca niyojesi. Sabbo ca bhikkhusaṃgho taṃ samannesi. Taṃ vinayakhandhake āgatameva. Aparabhāge thero ekassa varasalākadāyakassa salākabhattaṃ mettiyabhūmajakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ uddisi. Te haṭṭhatuṭṭhā "sve mayhaṃ muggaghatamadhumissakabhattaṃ bhuñjissāmā"ti ussāhajātā ahesuṃ. So pana upāsako tesaṃ vārappattabhāvaṃ sutvā dāsiṃ āṇāpesi "ye je bhikkhū sve idha āgamissanti, te kaṇājakena bilaṅgadutiyena parivisāhī"ti. Sāpi tatheva te bhikkhū āgate koṭṭhakappamukhe nisīdāpetvā bhojesi. Te bhikkhū anattamanā kopena taṭataṭāyantā there āghātaṃ bandhitvā "madhurabhattadāyakaṃ amhākaṃ amadhurabhattaṃ dāpetuṃ esova niyojesī"ti dukkhī dummanā nisīdiṃsu. Atha te mettiyā nāma bhikkhunī "kiṃ bhante dummanā"ti pucchi. Te "bhagini kiṃ amhe dabbena mallaputtena

@3 khu.u. 25/101-4. 4 Ma.mū. 12/249-51/211-14.

@5 i.,Ma. rājagehe. 6 vi.cūḷa. 6/222-3. Viheṭhiyamāne ajjhupekkhasī"ti āhaṃsu. Kiṃ bhante mayā sakkā kātunti. Tassa dosaṃ āropehīti. Sā tattha tattha therassa abhūtāropanaṃ akāsi. Taṃ sutvā bhikkhū bhagavato ārocesuṃ. Atha bhagavā dabbaṃ mallaputtaṃ pakkosāpetvā "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ dabba mettiyāya bhikkhuniyā vippakāramakāsī"ti pucchi. Yathā maṃ bhante bhagavā jānātīti. Na kho dabba dabbā evaṃ nibbedhenti, kārakabhāvaṃ vā akārakabhāvaṃ vā vadehīti. Akārako ahaṃ bhanteti. Bhagavā "mettiyaṃ bhikkhuniṃ nāsetvā te bhikkhū anuyuñjathā"ti āha. upālittherappamukhā bhikkhū taṃ bhikkhuniṃ uppabbājetvā mettiyabhūmajake bhikkhū anuyuñjitvā tehi "amhehi niyojitā sā bhikkhunī"ti vutte bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Bhagavā mettiyabhūmajakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ amūlakasaṃghādisesaṃ paññapesi.