sattamaṃ gandhamādanaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ atha revatanti sabbaṭṭhānesu satta satta divasāneva dānaṃ adaṃsu. Gandhamādanapabbate pana nāgadattadevarājā sattasu divasesu ekadivasaṃ khīrapiṇḍapātaṃ adāsi, ekadivasaṃ sappipiṇḍapātaṃ adāsi. Atha naṃ bhikkhusaṃgho āha "āvuso imassa devarañño

A. 1/214. Neva dhenuyo duyhamānā paññāyanti, na dadhinimmathanaṃ, kuto te devarāja idaṃ uppajjatī"ti. "bhante kassapadasabalassa kāle khīrasalākabhattadānassetaṃ phalan"ti devarājā āha.

Aparabhāge satthā khadiravaniyarevatattherassa paccuggamanaṃ akāsi. Kathaṃ? Athāyasmā sāriputto satthāraṃ āha "bhante mayhaṃ kira kaniṭṭhabhātā revato pabbajito, so abhirameyya vā, na vā, gantvā naṃ passissāmī"ti. Bhagavā revatassa āraddhavipassakabhāvaṃ ñatvā dve vāre paṭikkhipitvā tatiyavāre yācito arahattappattabhāvaṃ ñatvā sāriputta ahampi gamissāmi bhikkhūnaṃ ārocehīti. Thero bhikkhū sannipātāpetvā "āvuso satthā cārikaṃ caritukāmo, gantukāmā āgacchantū"ti sabbesaṃyeva ārocesi. Dasabalassa cārikatthāya gamanakāle ohiyyamānakabhikkhū nāma appakā honti, "satthu suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ sarīraṃ passissāma, madhuradhammakathaṃ vā suṇissāmā"ti yebhuyyena gantukāmā bahutarāva honti. Iti satthā mahābhikkhusaṃghaparivāro "revataṃ passissāmā"ti nikkhanto.

Athekasmiṃ padese ānandatthero dvedhāpathaṃ patvā bhagavantaṃ pucchi "bhante imasmiṃ ṭhāne dvedhāpatho, kataramaggena bhikkhusaṃgho gacchatū"ti. Kataramaggo ānanda ujukoti. Bhante ujumaggo tiṃsayojaniko amanussapatho. Parihāramaggo pana saṭṭhiyojaniko khemo subhikkhoti. Ānanda sīvali amhehi saddhiṃ āgatoti. Āma bhante āgatoti. Tena hi saṃgho ujumaggameva gacchatu. Sīvalissa puññaṃ vīmaṃsissāmāti. Satthā bhikkhusaṃghaparivāro sīvalittherassa puññavīmaṃsanatthaṃ tiṃsayojana- maggaṃ abhiruhi.