“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ bhikkhuniṁ … addasaṁ sikkhamānaṁ … addasaṁ sāmaṇeraṁ … addasaṁ sāmaṇeriṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Tassā saṅghāṭipi ādittā sampajjalitā sajotibhūtā, pattopi āditto sampajjalito sajotibhūto, kāyabandhanampi ādittaṁ sampajjalitaṁ sajotibhūtaṁ, kāyopi āditto sampajjalito sajotibhūto. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti. Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, etadahosi— ‘acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho, evarūpopi nāma satto bhavissati. Evarūpopi nāma yakkho bhavissati. Evarūpopi nāma attabhāvappaṭilābho bhavissatī’”ti. Bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “uttarimanussadhammaṁ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno ullapatī”ti. Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi— “cakkhubhūtā vata, bhikkhave, sāvakā viharanti. Ñāṇabhūtā vata, bhikkhave, sāvakā viharanti. Yatra hi nāma sāvako evarūpaṁ ñassati vā dakkhati vā sakkhiṁ vā karissati. Pubbeva me sā, bhikkhave, sāmaṇerī diṭṭhā ahosi. Api cāhaṁ na byākāsiṁ. Ahañcetaṁ byākareyyaṁ pare ca me na saddaheyyuṁ. Ye me na saddaheyyuṁ tesaṁ taṁ assa dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya. Esā, bhikkhave, sāmaṇerī kassapassa sammāsambuddhassa pāvacane pāpasāmaṇerī ahosi. Sā tassa kammassa vipākena bahūni vassāni bahūni vassasatāni bahūni vassasahassāni bahūni vassasatasahassāni niraye paccitvā tasseva kammassa vipākāvasesena evarūpaṁ attabhāvappaṭilābhaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti. Saccaṁ, bhikkhave, moggallāno āha. Anāpatti, bhikkhave, moggallānassā”ti.