8.4 Anumodanavattakathā

Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū bhattagge na anumodanti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—

“kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā bhattagge na anumodissantī”ti. Assosuṃ kho bhikkhū tesaṃ manussānaṃ ujjhāyantānaṃ khiyyantānaṃ vipācentānaṃ. Atha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—

“anujānāmi, bhikkhave, bhattagge anumoditun”ti. Atha kho tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi—

“kena nu kho bhattagge anumoditabban”ti? Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—

“anujānāmi, bhikkhave, therena bhikkhunā bhattagge anumoditun”ti.

Tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa pūgassa saṃghabhattaṃ hoti. Āyasmā sāriputto saṃghatthero hoti. Bhikkhū—

“bhagavatā anuññātaṃ therena bhikkhunā bhattagge anumoditun”ti—  āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ ekakaṃ ohāya pakkamiṃsu. Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto te manusse paṭisammoditvā pacchā ekako agamāsi. Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ dūratova ekakaṃ āgacchantaṃ. Disvāna āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ etadavoca—

“kacci, sāriputta, bhattaṃ iddhaṃ ahosī”ti?

“Iddhaṃ kho, bhante, bhattaṃ ahosi; api ca maṃ bhikkhū ekakaṃ ohāya pakkantā”ti. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—

“anujānāmi, bhikkhave, bhattagge catūhi pañcahi therānutherehi bhikkhūhi āgametun”ti.

Tena kho pana samayena aññataro thero bhattagge vaccito āgamesi. So vaccaṃ sandhāretuṃ asakkonto mucchito papati. Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. “Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, sati karaṇīye ānantarikaṃ bhikkhuṃ āpucchitvā gantun”ti.