Setelah berkeliling menerima dana makanan di Sāvatthī, kembali dari perjalanan dana makanan setelah makan, mereka mendatangi Bhagavā; setelah mendekat, mereka memberi hormat kepada Bhagavā dan duduk di satu sisi. Sambil duduk di satu sisi, para bhikkhu itu berkata kepada Bhagavā:
Then, after the meal, when they returned from almsround, they went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what was happening.