Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, aññataro bhikkhu himavantapasse viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe. Tassa kho, bhikkhave, vanasaṇḍassa avidūre mahantaṁ ninnaṁ pallalaṁ. Atha kho, bhikkhave, mahāsakuṇasaṅgho tasmiṁ pallale divasaṁ gocaraṁ caritvā sāyaṁ taṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ vāsāya upagacchati. Atha kho, bhikkhave, so bhikkhu tassa sakuṇasaṅghassa saddena ubbāḷho yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca— ‘kacci, bhikkhu, khamanīyaṁ kacci yāpanīyaṁ kaccisi appakilamathena addhānaṁ āgato? Kuto ca tvaṁ, bhikkhu, āgacchasī’ti? ‘Khamanīyaṁ, bhagavā, yāpanīyaṁ, bhagavā. Appakilamathena cāhaṁ, bhante, addhānaṁ āgato. Atthi, bhante, himavantapasse mahāvanasaṇḍo. Tassa kho pana, bhante, vanasaṇḍassa avidūre mahantaṁ ninnaṁ pallalaṁ. Atha kho, bhante, mahāsakuṇasaṅgho tasmiṁ pallale divasaṁ gocaraṁ caritvā sāyaṁ taṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ vāsāya upagacchati. Tato ahaṁ, bhagavā, āgacchāmi— tassa sakuṇasaṅghassa saddena ubbāḷho’ti. ‘Icchasi pana tvaṁ, bhikkhu, tassa sakuṇasaṅghassa anāgamanan’ti? ‘Icchāmahaṁ, bhagavā, tassa sakuṇasaṅghassa anāgamanan’ti. ‘Tena hi tvaṁ, bhikkhu, tattha gantvā taṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ ajjhogāhetvā rattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ tikkhattuṁ saddamanussāvehi— suṇantu me, bhonto sakuṇā, yāvatikā imasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe vāsaṁ upagatā, pattena me attho. Ekekaṁ me, bhonto, pattaṁ dadantū’ti. Rattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ … rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ tikkhattuṁ saddamanussāvehi— ‘suṇantu me, bhonto sakuṇā, yāvatikā imasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe vāsaṁ upagatā, pattena me attho. Ekekaṁ me, bhonto, pattaṁ dadantū’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, so bhikkhu tattha gantvā taṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ ajjhogāhetvā rattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ tikkhattuṁ saddamanussāvesi— ‘suṇantu me, bhonto sakuṇā, yāvatikā imasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe vāsaṁ upagatā, pattena me attho. Ekekaṁ me, bhonto, pattaṁ dadantū’ti. Rattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ … rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ tikkhattuṁ saddamanussāvesi— ‘suṇantu me, bhonto sakuṇā, yāvatikā imasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe vāsaṁ upagatā, pattena me attho. Ekekaṁ me, bhonto, pattaṁ dadantū’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, so sakuṇasaṅgho— ‘bhikkhu pattaṁ yācati bhikkhussa pattena attho’ti tamhā vanasaṇḍā pakkāmi. Tathā pakkantova ahosi na puna paccāgañchi. Tesañhi nāma, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatānaṁ pāṇānaṁ amanāpā bhavissati yācanā amanāpā viññatti. Kimaṅgaṁ pana manussabhūtānaṁ.