Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmato upanandassa sakyaputtassa upaṭṭhākakulaṁ āyasmantaṁ upanandaṁ sakyaputtaṁ bhattena nimantesi. Aññepi bhikkhū bhattena nimantesi. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā upanando sakyaputto purebhattaṁ, kulāni payirupāsati. Atha kho te bhikkhū te manusse etadavocuṁ— “dethāvuso, bhattan”ti. “Āgametha, bhante, yāvāyyo upanando āgacchatī”ti. Dutiyampi kho te bhikkhū …pe… tatiyampi kho te bhikkhū te manusse etadavocuṁ— “dethāvuso, bhattaṁ; pure kālo atikkamatī”ti. “Yampi mayaṁ, bhante, bhattaṁ karimhā ayyassa upanandassa kāraṇā. Āgametha, bhante, yāvāyyo upanando āgacchatī”ti.