Evam me sutaṃ: Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Atha kho kokāliyo bhikkhu yena Bhagavā ten’ upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Bhaga-(124)vantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.
Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho Kokāliyo bhikkhu Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
"pāpicchā bhante Sāriputta-Moggallānā pāpikānaṃ icchānaṃ vasaṃgatā" ti.
Evaṃ vutte Bhagavā Kokāliyaṃ bhikkhuṃ etad avoca: "mā h’ evaṃ Kokāliya, mā h'
evaṃ Kokāliya, pasādehi kokāliya Sāriputta-Moggallānesu cittaṃ, pesalā Sāriputta-Moggallānā" ti.
Dutiyam pi kho Kokāliyo bhikkhu Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
"kiñcāpi [F._122] me bhante Bhagavā saddhāyiko paccayiko, atha kho pāpicchā va Sāriputta-Moggallānā pāpikānaṃ icchānaṃ vasaṃgatā" ti.
Dutiyam pi kho Bhagavā Kokāliyaṃ bhikkhuṃ etad avoca: "mā h’ evaṃ Kokāliya,
mā h’ evaṃ Kokāliya, pasādehi Kokāliya Sāriputta-Moggallānesu cittaṃ, pasalā Sāriputta-Moggallān" ti Tatiyam pi kho Kokāliyo bhikkhu Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "kiñcāpi me bhante Bhagavā saddhāyiko paccayiko,
atha kho pāpicchā va Sāriputta-Moggallānā pāpikānaṃ icchānaṃ vasaṃgatā" ti.
tatiyam pi kho Bhagavā Kokāliyaṃ bhikkhuṃ etad avoca: "nā h’ evaṃ Kokāliya,
mā h’ evaṃ Kokāliya, pasādehi Kokāliya SāriputtaMoggallānesu cittaṃ, pesalā Sāriputta-Moggallānā" ti.
Atha kho Kokāliyo bhikkhu uṭṭhāyāsanā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.
Acirapakkantassa ca Kokāliyassa bhikkhuno sāsapamattīhi piḷakāhi sabbo kāyo phuṭo ahosi, sāsapamattiyo hutvā mugamattiyo ahesuṃ, muggamattiyo hutvā kalāyamattiyo ahesuṃ, {kaḷāyamattiyo} hutvā kolaṭṭhimattiyo ahesuṃ,
(125) kolaṭṭhimattiyo hutvā kolamattiyo ahesuṃ, kolamattiyo hutvā āmalakamattiyo ahesuṃ, āmalakamattiyo hutvā beḷuvasalāṭukamattiyo ahesuṃ, beḷuvasalāṭukamattiyo hutvā billimattiyo ahesuṃ, billimattiyo hutvā pabhijjiṃsu, pubbañ ca lohitañ ca pagghariṃsu.
Atha kho Kokāliyo bhikkhu ten’ evābādhena kālam akāsi, kālakato ca Kokāliyo bhikkhu Padumanirayaṃ upapajji SāriputtaMoggallānesu cittaṃ āghātetvā.
Atha kho Brahmā Sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakāppaṃ Jetavanaṃ [F._123) Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.
Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho Brahmā Sahampati Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "Kokāliyo bhante bhikkhu kālakato, kālakato ca bhante Kokāliyo bhikkhu Padumanirayaṃ upapanno Sāriputta-Moggallānesu cittaṃ āghātetvā" ti.
Idam avoca Brahmā Sahampati, idaṃ vatvā *bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā* padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatth’ ev’ antaradhāyi.
Atha kho Bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi: "imaṃ bhikkhave rattiṃ Brahmā Sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā --pe-- idam avoca Brahmā Sanampati, idaṃ vatvā* maṃ abhivādetvā* padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatth’ ev’ antaradhāyī" ti.
Evaṃ vutte aññataro bhikkhu (126) Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "kīvadīghaṃ nu kho bhante Padume niraye āyuppamāṇan" ti.
"Dīghaṃ kho bhikkhu Padume niraye āyuppamāṇaṃ, taṃ na sukaraṃ saṃkhātuṃ ‘ettakāni vassāni' iti vā ‘ettakāni vassasatāni' iti vā ‘ettakāni vassasahassāni’ iti vā ‘ettakāni vassasatasahassāni’ iti vā" ti.
"Sakkā pana bhante upamā kātun" ti.
"Sakkā bhikkhū" ti Bhagavā avoca: "seyyathapi bhikkhu vīsatikhāriko Kosalako tilavāho, tato puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena ekam ekaṃ tilaṃ uddhareyya, khippataraṃ kho so bhikkhu vīsatikhāriko Kosalako tilavāho iminā upakkamena parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya, na tv-eva eko Abbudo nirayo.
Seyyathapi bhikkhu vīsati Abbudā nirayā, evam eko Nirabbudo nirayo, seyyathapi bhikkhu vīsati Nirabbudā nirayā, evam eko Ababo nirayo, seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati Ababā [F._124] nirayā, evam eko Ahaho nirayo, seyyathapi bhikkhu vīsati Ahahā nirayā, evam eko Aṭaṭo nirayo,
seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati Aṭaṭā nirayā, evam eko Kumudo nirayo, seyyathāpi vīsati Kumudā nirayā, evam eko Sogandhiko nirayo, seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati Sogandhikā nirayā, evam eko Uppalako nirayo, seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati Uppalakā nirayā, evam eko Puṇḍarīko nirayo,
seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati Puṇḍarīkā nirayā, evam eko Padumo nirayo.
Padumaṃ kho pana bhikkhu nirayaṃ Kokāliyo bhikkhu upapanno Sāriputta-Moggallānesu cittaṃ āghātetvā" ti.
Idam avoca Bhagavā, idaṃ vatvā Sugato athāparaṃ etad avoca Satthā: