Atha kho bhagavā vesāliyaṁ yathābhirantaṁ viharitvā yena bārāṇasī tena cārikaṁ pakkāmi. Anupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena bārāṇasī tadavasari. Tatra sudaṁ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṁ viharati isipatane migadāye. Tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa bhikkhuno antaravāsako chiddo hoti. Atha kho tassa bhikkhuno etadahosi— “bhagavatā ticīvaraṁ anuññātaṁ— diguṇā saṅghāṭi, ekacciyo uttarāsaṅgo, ekacciyo antaravāsako. Ayañca me antaravāsako chiddo. Yannūnāhaṁ aggaḷaṁ acchupeyyaṁ, samantato dupaṭṭaṁ bhavissati, majjhe ekacciyan”ti. Atha kho so bhikkhu aggaḷaṁ acchupesi. Addasā kho bhagavā senāsanacārikaṁ āhiṇḍanto taṁ bhikkhuṁ aggaḷaṁ acchupentaṁ, disvāna yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca— “kiṁ tvaṁ, bhikkhu, karosī”ti? “Aggaḷaṁ, bhagavā, acchupemī”ti. “Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhu; sādhu kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, aggaḷaṁ acchupesī”ti. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi— “anujānāmi, bhikkhave, ahatānaṁ dussānaṁ ahatakappānaṁ diguṇaṁ saṅghāṭiṁ, ekacciyaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ, ekacciyaṁ antaravāsakaṁ; utuddhaṭānaṁ dussānaṁ catugguṇaṁ saṅghāṭiṁ, diguṇaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ, diguṇaṁ antaravāsakaṁ; paṁsukūle yāvadatthaṁ; pāpaṇike ussāho karaṇīyo. Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, aggaḷaṁ tunnaṁ ovaṭṭikaṁ kaṇḍusakaṁ daḷhīkamman”ti.

18. Visākhāvatthu