Atha kho āyasmato dabbassa mallaputtassa etadahosi— “yannūnāhaṁ saṅghassa senāsanañca paññapeyyaṁ bhattāni ca uddiseyyan”ti. Atha kho āyasmā dabbo mallaputto sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā dabbo mallaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca— “idha mayhaṁ, bhante, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi mayā kho jātiyā sattavassena arahattaṁ sacchikataṁ, yaṁ kiñci sāvakena pattabbaṁ, sabbaṁ mayā anupattaṁ, natthi ca me kiñci uttari karaṇīyaṁ, katassa vā paticayo, kiṁ nu kho ahaṁ saṅghassa veyyāvaccaṁ kareyyanti. Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, etadahosi— ‘yannūnāhaṁ saṅghassa senāsanañca paññapeyyaṁ bhattāni ca uddiseyyan’ti. Icchāmahaṁ, bhante, saṅghassa senāsanañca paññapetuṁ bhattāni ca uddisitun”ti. “Sādhu sādhu, dabba. Tena hi tvaṁ, dabba, saṅghassa senāsanañca paññapehi bhattāni ca uddisā”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā dabbo mallaputto bhagavato paccassosi. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi— “tena hi, bhikkhave, saṅgho dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ senāsanapaññāpakañca bhattuddesakañca sammannatu. Evañca pana, bhikkhave, sammannitabbo. Paṭhamaṁ dabbo mallaputto yācitabbo. Yācitvā byattena bhikkhunā paṭibalena saṅgho ñāpetabbo— ‘Suṇātu me, bhante, saṅgho. Yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṁ saṅgho āyasmantaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ senāsanapaññāpakañca bhattuddesakañca sammanneyya. Esā ñatti. Suṇātu me, bhante, saṅgho. Saṅgho āyasmantaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ senāsanapaññāpakañca bhattuddesakañca sammannati. Yassāyasmato khamati āyasmato dabbassa mallaputtassa senāsanapaññāpakassa ca bhattuddesakassa ca sammuti, so tuṇhassa; yassa nakkhamati, so bhāseyya.