Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū dirattatirattaṁ senāya vasamānā uyyodhikampi balaggampi senābyūhampi anīkadassanampi gacchanti. Aññataropi chabbaggiyo bhikkhu uyyodhikaṁ gantvā kaṇḍena paṭividdho hoti. Manussā taṁ bhikkhuṁ uppaṇḍesuṁ— “kacci, bhante, suyuddhaṁ ahosi, kati te lakkhāni laddhānī”ti? So bhikkhu tehi manussehi uppaṇḍiyamāno maṅku ahosi. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā uyyodhikaṁ dassanāya āgacchissanti. Amhākampi alābhā, amhākampi dulladdhaṁ, ye mayaṁ ājīvassa hetu puttadārassa kāraṇā uyyodhikaṁ āgacchāmā”ti.