Atha kho te bhikkhū mettiyaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nāsesuṁ. Atha kho mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū te bhikkhū etadavocuṁ— “māvuso, mettiyaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nāsetha, na sā kiñci aparajjhati; amhehi sā ussāhitā kupitehi anattamanehi cāvanādhippāyehī”ti. “Kiṁ pana tumhe, āvuso, āyasmantaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ amūlikāya sīlavipattiyā anuddhaṁsethā”ti? “Evamāvuso”ti. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū āyasmantaṁ dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ amūlikāya sīlavipattiyā anuddhaṁsessantī”ti. Atha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe… “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū dabbaṁ mallaputtaṁ amūlikāya sīlavipattiyā anuddhaṁsentī”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti …pe… vigarahitvā …pe… dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi— “Tena hi, bhikkhave, saṅgho dabbassa mallaputtassa sativepullappattassa sativinayaṁ detu. Evañca pana, bhikkhave, dātabbo— tena, bhikkhave, dabbena mallaputtena saṅghaṁ upasaṅkamitvā, ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā, vuḍḍhānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ pāde vanditvā, ukkuṭikaṁ nisīditvā, añjaliṁ paggahetvā, evamassa vacanīyo— ‘ime maṁ, bhante, mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū amūlikāya sīlavipattiyā anuddhaṁsenti. Sohaṁ, bhante, sativepullappatto saṅghaṁ sativinayaṁ yācāmī’ti. Dutiyampi yācitabbo. Tatiyampi yācitabbo— ‘ime maṁ, bhante, mettiyabhūmajakā bhikkhū amūlikāya sīlavipattiyā anuddhaṁsenti. Sohaṁ sativepullappatto tatiyampi, bhante, saṅghaṁ sativinayaṁ yācāmī’ti. Byattena bhikkhunā paṭibalena saṅgho ñāpetabbo—