Atha kho bhagavā anupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena kīṭāgiri tadavasari. Atha kho bhagavā sambahule bhikkhū āmantesi— “gacchatha tumhe, bhikkhave; assajipunabbasuke bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadetha— ‘bhagavā, āvuso, āgacchati mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sāriputtamoggallānehi ca. Bhagavato ca, āvuso, senāsanaṁ paññapetha, bhikkhusaṅghassa ca, sāriputtamoggallānānañcā’”ti. “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā yena assajipunabbasukā bhikkhū tenupasaṅkamiṁsu, upasaṅkamitvā assajipunabbasuke bhikkhū etadavocuṁ— “bhagavā, āvuso, āgacchati mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sāriputtamoggallānehi ca. Bhagavato ca, āvuso, senāsanaṁ paññapetha, bhikkhusaṅghassa ca, sāriputtamoggallānānañcā”ti. “Natthāvuso, saṅghikaṁ senāsanaṁ. Sabbaṁ amhehi bhājitaṁ. Svāgataṁ, āvuso, bhagavato. Yasmiṁ vihāre bhagavā icchissati tasmiṁ vihāre vasissati. Pāpicchā sāriputtamoggallānā, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gatā. Na mayaṁ tesaṁ senāsanaṁ paññapessāmā”ti. “Kiṁ pana tumhe, āvuso, saṅghikaṁ senāsanaṁ bhājitthā”ti? “Evamāvuso”ti. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma assajipunabbasukā bhikkhū saṅghikaṁ senāsanaṁ bhājessantī”ti. Atha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe… “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave …pe… “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā saṅghikaṁ senāsanaṁ bhājessanti? Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… vigarahitvā …pe… dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—