Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena thullanandā bhikkhunī gilānā hoti. Atha kho aññataro upāsako yena thullanandā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā thullanandaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca— “kacci, ayye, khamanīyaṁ kacci yāpanīyan”ti? “Na me, āvuso, khamanīyaṁ, na yāpanīyan”ti. “Amukassa, ayye, āpaṇikassa ghare kahāpaṇaṁ nikkhipissāmi, tato yaṁ iccheyyāsi taṁ āharāpeyyāsī”ti. Thullanandā bhikkhunī aññataraṁ sikkhamānaṁ āṇāpesi— “gaccha, sikkhamāne, amukassa āpaṇikassa gharā kahāpaṇassa telaṁ āharā”ti. Atha kho sā sikkhamānā tassa āpaṇikassa gharā kahāpaṇassa telaṁ āharitvā thullanandāya bhikkhuniyā adāsi. Thullanandā bhikkhunī evamāha— “na me, sikkhamāne, telena attho, sappinā me attho”ti. Atha kho sā sikkhamānā yena so āpaṇiko tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ āpaṇikaṁ etadavoca— “na kira, āvuso, ayyāya telena attho, sappinā attho, handa te telaṁ, sappiṁ me dehī”ti. “Sace mayaṁ, ayye, vikkītaṁ bhaṇḍaṁ puna ādiyissāma, kadā amhākaṁ bhaṇḍaṁ vikkāyissati. Telassa kayena telaṁ haṭaṁ, sappissa kayaṁ āhara, sappiṁ harissasī”ti. Atha kho sā sikkhamānā rodantī aṭṭhāsi. Bhikkhuniyo taṁ sikkhamānaṁ etadavocuṁ— “kissa tvaṁ, sikkhamāne, rodasī”ti?
