Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohantā addasaṁsu chagalakaṁ ajikāya vippaṭipajjantaṁ. Disvāna evamāhaṁsu— “handa mayaṁ, āvuso, imaṁ chagalakaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ nāma karoma. Imaṁ ajikaṁ mettiyaṁ nāma bhikkhuniṁ karoma. Evaṁ mayaṁ voharissāma. Pubbe mayaṁ, āvuso, dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ sutena avocumhā. Idāni pana amhehi sāmaṁ diṭṭho mettiyāya bhikkhuniyā vippaṭipajjanto”ti. Te taṁ chagalakaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ nāma akaṁsu. Taṁ ajikaṁ mettiyaṁ nāma bhikkhuniṁ akaṁsu. Te bhikkhūnaṁ ārocesuṁ— “pubbe mayaṁ, āvuso, dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ sutena avocumhā. Idāni pana amhehi sāmaṁ diṭṭho mettiyāya bhikkhuniyā vippaṭipajjanto”ti. Bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “māvuso, evaṁ avacuttha. Nāyasmā dabbo mallaputto evaṁ karissatī”ti.