172. Tattha anekasataṃ khattiyaparisan ti bimbisārasamāgamañātisamāgalicchavīsamāgamādisadisaṃ , sā pana aññesu cakkavāḷesupi labbhateyeva .

Sallapitapubban ti ālāpasallāpo katapubbo . Sākacchāti dhammasākacchāpi samāpajjitapubbā .

Yādisako tesaṃ vaṇṇoti te odātāpi honti kāḷāpi maṅguracchavīpi , satthā suvaṇṇavaṇṇova . Idaṃ pana saṇṭhānaṃ paṭicca kathitaṃ . Saṇṭhānampi ca kevalaṃ tesaṃ paññāyatiyeva , na pana bhagavā milakkhusadiso hoti , nāpi āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalo , buddhaveseneva nisīdati . Te pana attano samānasaṇṭhānameva passanti .

Yādisako tesaṃ saroti te chinnassarāpi honti gaggarassarāpi kākassarāpi , satthā brahmassarova . Idaṃ pana bhāsantaraṃ sandhāya kathitaṃ . Sacepi hi satthā rājāsane nisinno katheti ,‘‘ ajja rājā madhurena sarena kathetī ’’ ti tesaṃ hoti .

Kathetvā pakkante pana bhagavati puna rājānaṃ āgataṃ disvā – ‘‘ ko nu kho ayan ’’ ti vīmaṃsā uppajjati . Tattha ko nu kho ayan ti imasmiṃ ṭhāne idāneva māgadhabhāsāya sīhaḷabhāsāya madhurenākārena kathento ko nu kho ayaṃ antarahito , kiṃ devo , udāhu manussoti evaṃ vīmaṃsantāpiV2.135 na jānantīti attho .

Anekasataṃ brāhmaṇaparisan tiādīnampi soṇadaṇḍakūṭadaṇḍasamāgamādivasenaP2.561 ceva aññacakkavāḷavasena ca sambhavo veditabbo .

Imā pana aṭṭha parisā bhagavā kimatthaṃ āhari ? Abhītabhāvadassanatthameva . Imā kira āharitvā evamāha – ‘‘ ānanda , imāpi aṭṭha parisā upasaṅkamitvā dhammaṃ desentassa tathāgatassa bhayaṃ vā sārajjaṃ vā natthi , māraṃ pana ekakaṃ disvā tathāgato bhāyeyyāti ko evaṃ saññaṃ uppādetumarahati . Abhīto , ānanda , tathāgato acchambhī , sato sampajāno āyusaṅkhāraṃ ossajī ’’ ti .