Atha kho bhikkhūnaṁ etadahosi— “kena nu kho pāhetabbo”ti? Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, therena bhikkhunā navaṁ bhikkhuṁ āṇāpetun”ti. Therena āṇattā navā bhikkhū na gacchanti. Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Na, bhikkhave, therena āṇattena agilānena na gantabbaṁ. Yo na gaccheyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti.

17. Pakkhagaṇanādiuggahaṇānujānana

Atha kho bhagavā codanāvatthusmiṁ yathābhirantaṁ viharitvā punadeva rājagahaṁ paccāgañchi. Tena kho pana samayena manussā bhikkhū piṇḍāya carante pucchanti— “katimī, bhante, pakkhassā”ti? Bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “na kho mayaṁ, āvuso, jānāmā”ti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “pakkhagaṇanamattampime samaṇā sakyaputtiyā na jānanti, kiṁ panime aññaṁ kiñci kalyāṇaṁ jānissantī”ti? Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, pakkhagaṇanaṁ uggahetun”ti. Atha kho bhikkhūnaṁ etadahosi— “kena nu kho pakkhagaṇanā uggahetabbā”ti? Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, sabbeheva pakkhagaṇanaṁ uggahetun”ti.