[1] Evamme sutaṁ ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati
suṁsumāragire 1 bhesakaḷāvane migadāye .pe. Atha kho nakulapitā
gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ
abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho nakulapitā
gahapati bhagavantaṁ etadavoca ahamasmi bhante jiṇṇo vuḍḍho
mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto āturakāyo abhikkhaṇātaṅko
aniccadassāvī kho panāhaṁ bhante bhagavato manobhāvanīyānañca bhikkhūnaṁ
ovadatu maṁ bhante bhagavā anusāsatu maṁ bhante bhagavā yaṁ mama
assa dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāyāti. Evametaṁ gahapati evametaṁ
gahapati āturo hāyaṁ 2 gahapati kāyo aṇḍabhūto pariyonaddho
1 Po. Ma. susumāragire. 2 Yu. te.
Yo hi gahapati imaṁ kāyaṁ pariharanto muhuttaṁpi ārogyaṁ paṭijāneyya
kimaññatra bālyā tasmā tiha te gahapati evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ
āturakāyassa me sato cittaṁ anāturaṁ bhavissatīti evaṁ hi te
gahapati sikkhitabbanti.