Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, khattiyakulā pabbajito so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, brāhmaṇakulā pabbajito so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, gahapatikulā pabbajito so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, suttantiko so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, vinayadharo so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, dhammakathiko so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, paṭhamassa jhānassa lābhī so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, dutiyassa jhānassa lābhī so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, tatiyassa jhānassa lābhī so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, catutthassa jhānassa lābhī so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, sotāpanno so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, sakadāgāmī …pe… yo, bhagavā, anāgāmī …pe… yo, bhagavā, arahā so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, tevijjo so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Ekacce bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “yo, bhagavā, chaḷabhiñño so arahati aggāsanaṁ aggodakaṁ aggapiṇḍan”ti. Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi— “bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, himavantapadese mahānigrodho ahosi. Taṁ tayo sahāyā upanissāya vihariṁsu— tittiro ca, makkaṭo ca, hatthināgo ca. Te aññamaññaṁ agāravā appatissā asabhāgavuttikā viharanti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, tesaṁ sahāyānaṁ etadahosi— ‘aho nūna mayaṁ jāneyyāma yaṁ amhākaṁ jātiyā mahantataraṁ taṁ mayaṁ sakkareyyāma garuṁ kareyyāma māneyyāma pūjeyyāma, tassa ca mayaṁ ovāde tiṭṭheyyāmā’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, tittiro ca makkaṭo ca hatthināgaṁ pucchiṁsu— ‘tvaṁ, samma, kiṁ porāṇaṁ sarasī’ti? ‘Yadāhaṁ, sammā, poto homi, imaṁ nigrodhaṁ antarā satthīnaṁ karitvā atikkamāmi, aggaṅkurakaṁ me udaraṁ chupati. Imāhaṁ, sammā, porāṇaṁ sarāmī’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, tittiro ca hatthināgo ca makkaṭaṁ pucchiṁsu— ‘tvaṁ, samma, kiṁ porāṇaṁ sarasī’ti? ‘Yadāhaṁ, sammā, chāpo homi, chamāyaṁ nisīditvā imassa nigrodhassa aggaṅkurakaṁ khādāmi. Imāhaṁ, sammā, porāṇaṁ sarāmī’ti.