Ekadivasaṃ kira thero "tissasāmaṇerassa bhante gacchāmī"ti āha. Bhagavā "ahaṃpi gamissāmī"ti vatvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi "ānanda vīsatisahassānaṃ chaḷabhiññānaṃ ārocehi `bhagavā kira vanavāsissa tissasāmaṇerassa santikaṃ gamissatī'ti. Tato dutiyadivase vīsatisahassakhīṇāsavaparivāro ākāse uppatitvā vīsatiyojanasatamatthake tassa gocaragāmadvāre otaritvā cīvaraṃ pārupi. Taṃ kammantaṃ gacchamānā manussādisvā "satthā no āgato, mā kammantaṃ agamitthā"ti vatvā āsanāni paññapetvā yāguṃ datvā pātarāsabhattaṃ karontā "kuhiṃ bhante bhagavā gacchatī"ti daharabhikkhū pucchiṃsu. Upāsakā na bhagavā aññattha gacchati, idheva tissasāmaṇerassa dassanatthāya āgatoti. Te "amhākaṃ kulupakassa kira therassa dassanatthāyasatthā āgato, no vata no thero oramatthako"ti somanassajātā ahesuṃ.

Atha kho bhagavato bhattakiccapariyosāne sāmaṇero gāme piṇḍāya caritvā "upāsakāmahābhikkhusaṃgho"ti pucchi. Athassa te "satthā bhante āgato"ti ārocesuṃ. So bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā piṇḍapātena āpucchi. Satthā tassa pattaṃ hatthena gahetvā "alantissa, niṭṭhitaṃ bhattakiccan"ti āha. Tato upajjhāyaṃ āpucchitvā attano pattāsane nisīditvā bhattakiccamakāsi. Athassa bhattakiccapariyosāne satthā maṅgalaṃ vatvā nikkhamitvā gāmadvāre ṭhatvā "kataro te tissa vasanaṭṭhānagamanamaggo"ti āha. Ayaṃ bhagavāti. Maggaṃ desayamāno purato yāhi tissāti. Bhagavā kira sadevakassa lokassa maggadesakopi samāno "sakale tigāvute magge sāmaṇeraṃ daṭṭhuṃ lacchāmī"ti taṃ maggadesakaṃ akāsi.

So attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā bhagavato vattamakāsi. Atha naṃ bhagavā "kataro te tissa caṅkamo"ti pucchitvā tattha gantvā sāmaṇerassa nisīdanapāsāṇe nisīditvā "tissa imasmiṃ ṭhāne sukhaṃ vasasīti pucchi. So āha "āma bhante imasmiṃ ṭhāne me vasantassa sīhabyagghahatthimigamorādīnaṃ saddaṃ suṇato araññasaññā uppajjati, tāya sukhaṃ vasāmī"ti. Atha naṃ bhagavā "tissa