Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anātha­piṇḍi­kassa ārāme. Atha kho kassapo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkan­ta­vaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho kassapo devaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “bhikkhuṃ bhagavā pakāsesi, no ca bhikkhuno anusāsan”ti. “Tena hi, kassapa, taññevettha paṭibhātū”ti.

“Subhāsitassa sikkhetha,
sama­ṇū­pāsa­nassa ca;
Ekāsanassa ca raho,
citta­vū­pasa­massa cā”ti.

Idamavoca kassapo devaputto; samanuñño satthā ahosi. Atha kho kassapo devaputto “samanuñño me satthā”ti bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tat­the­vantara­dhāyīti.