Majjhimabhāṇakā pana vadanti "ānandatthero attano arahattappattiṃ ñāpetukāmo bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ na gato, bhikkhū yathāvuḍḍhaṃ attano attano pattāsane nisīdantā ānandattherassa āsanaṃ ṭhapetvā nisinnā, tattha keci evamāhaṃsu `etaṃ āsanaṃ kassā'ti. Ānandassāti. Ānando pana kuhiṃ gatoti. Tasmiṃ samaye thero cintesi `idāni mayhaṃ gamanakālo'ti. Tato attano ānubhāvaṃ dassento paṭhaviyaṃ nimujjitvā attano āsaneyeva attānaṃ dassesī"ti. Ākāsena gantvā nisīdītipi eke. Yathā vā tathā vā hotu, sabbatthāpi taṃ disvā āyasmato mahākassapassa sādhukāradānaṃ yuttameva.

@4 cha.Ma. nāgato 5 ka. sādhukārassa dānaṃ

Evaṃ āgate pana tasmiṃ āyasmante mahākassapatthero bhikkhū āmantesi "āvuso kaṃ paṭhamaṃ saṅgāyāma dhammaṃ vā vinayaṃ vā"ti? bhikkhū āhaṃsu "bhante mahākassapa vinayo nāma buddhasāsanassa āyu, vinaye ṭhite sāsanaṃ ṭhitaṃ nāma hoti, tasmā paṭhamaṃ vinayaṃ saṅgāyāmā"ti. Kaṃ dhuraṃ katvāti? āyasmantaṃ upālinti. Kiṃ ānando nappahotīti? no nappahoti, apica kho pana sammāsambuddho dharamānoyeva vinayapariyattiṃ nissāya āyasmantaṃ upāliṃ etadagge ṭhapesi "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ vinayadharānaṃ yadidaṃ upālī"ti tasmā upālittheraṃ pucchitvā vinayaṃ saṅgāyāmāti.