“Tena hi, bhante, thero bhikkhū uccinatū”ti. Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo ekenūnapañcaarahantasatāni uccini. Bhikkhū āyasmantaṁ mahākassapaṁ etadavocuṁ— “ayaṁ, bhante, āyasmā ānando kiñcāpi sekkho, abhabbo chandā dosā mohā bhayā agatiṁ gantuṁ. Bahu ca anena bhagavato santike dhammo ca vinayo ca pariyatto. Tena hi, bhante, thero āyasmantampi ānandaṁ uccinatū”ti. Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo āyasmantampi ānandaṁ uccini. Atha kho therānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ etadahosi— “kattha nu kho mayaṁ dhammañca vinayañca saṅgāyeyyāmā”ti? Atha kho therānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ etadahosi— “rājagahaṁ kho mahāgocaraṁ pahūtasenāsanaṁ, yannūna mayaṁ rājagahe vassaṁ vasantā dhammañca vinayañca saṅgāyeyyāma. Na aññe bhikkhū rājagahe vassaṁ upagaccheyyun”ti. Atha kho āyasmā mahākassapo saṅghaṁ ñāpesi— “Suṇātu me, āvuso, saṅgho. Yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṁ, saṅgho imāni pañca bhikkhusatāni sammanneyya— rājagahe vassaṁ vasantāni dhammañca vinayañca saṅgāyituṁ, na aññehi bhikkhūhi rājagahe vassaṁ vasitabbanti. Esā ñatti. Suṇātu me, āvuso, saṅgho. Imāni pañca bhikkhusatāni sammannati— rājagahe vassaṁ vasantāni dhammañca vinayañca saṅgāyituṁ, na aññehi bhikkhūhi rājagahe vassaṁ vasitabbanti. Yassāyasmato khamati imesaṁ pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ sammuti— rājagahe vassaṁ vasantānaṁ dhammañca vinayañca saṅgāyituṁ, na aññehi bhikkhūhi rājagahe vassaṁ vasitabbanti— so tuṇhassa; yassa nakkhamati, so bhāseyya.