an8.24:1.1 Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā āḷaviyaṁ viharati aggāḷave cetiye.
an8.24:1.2 Atha kho hatthako āḷavako pañcamattehi upāsakasatehi parivuto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho hatthakaṁ āḷavakaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:
an8.24:1.3 “mahatī kho tyāyaṁ, hatthaka, parisā.
an8.24:1.4 Kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, hatthaka, imaṁ mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhāsī”ti?
an8.24:1.5 “Yānimāni, bhante, bhagavatā desitāni cattāri saṅgahavatthūni, tehāhaṁ imaṁ mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhāmi.
an8.24:1.6 Ahaṁ, bhante, yaṁ jānāmi:
an8.24:1.7 ‘ayaṁ dānena saṅgahetabbo’ti, taṁ dānena saṅgaṇhāmi;
an8.24:1.8 yaṁ jānāmi:
an8.24:1.9 ‘ayaṁ peyyavajjena saṅgahetabbo’ti, taṁ peyyavajjena saṅgaṇhāmi;
an8.24:1.10 yaṁ jānāmi:
an8.24:1.11 ‘ayaṁ atthacariyāya saṅgahetabbo’ti, taṁ atthacariyāya saṅgaṇhāmi;
an8.24:1.12 yaṁ jānāmi:
an8.24:1.13 ‘ayaṁ samānattatāya saṅgahetabbo’ti, taṁ samānattatāya saṅgaṇhāmi.
an8.24:1.14 Saṁvijjanti kho pana me, bhante, kule bhogā.
an8.24:1.15 Daliddassa kho no tathā sotabbaṁ maññantī”ti.
an8.24:1.16 “Sādhu sādhu, hatthaka.
an8.24:1.17 Yoni kho tyāyaṁ, hatthaka, mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahetuṁ.
an8.24:1.18 Ye hi keci, hatthaka, atītamaddhānaṁ mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahesuṁ, sabbe te imeheva catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgahesuṁ.
an8.24:1.19 Yepi hi keci, hatthaka, anāgatamaddhānaṁ mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhissanti, sabbe te imeheva catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhissanti.
an8.24:1.20 Yepi hi keci, hatthaka, etarahi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhanti, sabbe te imeheva catūhi saṅgahavatthūhi mahatiṁ parisaṁ saṅgaṇhantī”ti.
