sn35.243:3.1 Atha kho bhagavā acirapakkantesu kāpilavatthavesu sakyesu āyasmantaṁ mahāmoggallānaṁ āmantesi:
sn35.243:3.2 “vigatathinamiddho kho, moggallāna, bhikkhusaṅgho.
sn35.243:3.3 Paṭibhātu taṁ, moggallāna, bhikkhūnaṁ dhammī kathā.
sn35.243:3.4 Piṭṭhi me āgilāyati;
sn35.243:3.5 tamahaṁ āyamissāmī”ti.
sn35.243:3.6 “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhagavato paccassosi.
sn35.243:3.7 Atha kho bhagavā catugguṇaṁ saṅghāṭiṁ paññapetvā dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappesi, pāde pādaṁ accādhāya, sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṁ manasi karitvā.
sn35.243:3.8 Tatra kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi:
sn35.243:3.9 “āvuso bhikkhave”ti.
sn35.243:3.10 “Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato mahāmoggallānassa paccassosuṁ.
sn35.243:3.11 Āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca:
sn35.243:3.12 “avassutapariyāyañca vo, āvuso, desessāmi, anavassutapariyāyañca.
sn35.243:3.13 Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.
sn35.243:3.14 “Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato mahāmoggallānassa paccassosuṁ.
sn35.243:3.15 Āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca: