sn55.22:1.1 Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
sn55.22:1.2 ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ nigrodhārāme.
sn55.22:1.3 Atha kho mahānāmo sakko yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho mahānāmo sakko bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
sn55.22:1.4 “idaṁ, bhante, kapilavatthu iddhañceva phītañca bāhujaññaṁ ākiṇṇamanussaṁ sambādhabyūhaṁ.
sn55.22:1.5 So khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ vā payirupāsitvā manobhāvanīye vā bhikkhū sāyanhasamayaṁ kapilavatthuṁ pavisanto;
sn55.22:1.6 bhantenapi hatthinā samāgacchāmi;
sn55.22:1.7 bhantenapi assena samāgacchāmi;
sn55.22:1.8 bhantenapi rathena samāgacchāmi;
sn55.22:1.9 bhantenapi sakaṭena samāgacchāmi;
sn55.22:1.10 bhantenapi purisena samāgacchāmi.
sn55.22:1.11 Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, tasmiṁ samaye mussateva bhagavantaṁ ārabbha sati, mussati dhammaṁ ārabbha sati, mussati saṅghaṁ ārabbha sati.
sn55.22:1.12 Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evaṁ hoti:
sn55.22:1.13 ‘imamhi cāhaṁ samaye kālaṁ kareyyaṁ, kā mayhaṁ gati, ko abhisamparāyo’”ti?