Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena sāvatthiyaṁ aññatarassa pūgassa saṅghassa sacīvarabhattaṁ paṭiyattaṁ hoti— “bhojetvā cīvarena acchādessāmā”ti. Atha kho chabbaggiyā bhikkhū yena so pūgo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ pūgaṁ etadavocuṁ— “dethāvuso, imāni cīvarāni imesaṁ bhikkhūnan”ti. “Na mayaṁ, bhante, dassāma. Amhākaṁ saṅghassa anuvassaṁ sacīvarabhikkhā paññattā”ti. “Bahū, āvuso, saṅghassa dāyakā, bahū saṅghassa bhattā. Ime tumhe nissāya tumhe sampassantā idha viharanti. Tumhe ce imesaṁ na dassatha, atha ko carahi imesaṁ dassati? Dethāvuso, imāni cīvarāni imesaṁ bhikkhūnan”ti. Atha kho so pūgo chabbaggiyehi bhikkhūhi nippīḷiyamāno yathāpaṭiyattaṁ cīvaraṁ chabbaggiyānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ datvā saṅghaṁ bhattena parivisi. Ye te bhikkhū jānanti saṅghassa sacīvarabhattaṁ paṭiyattaṁ “na ca jānanti chabbaggiyānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ dinnan”ti te evamāhaṁsu— “oṇojethāvuso, saṅghassa cīvaran”ti. “Natthi, bhante. Yathāpaṭiyattaṁ cīvaraṁ ayyā chabbaggiyā ayyānaṁ chabbaggiyānaṁ pariṇāmesun”ti.