4. Sambahulasuttaṃ

224. Ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā bhikkhū kosalesu viharanti aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe. Atha kho te bhikkhū vassaṃvuṭṭhā ² temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamiṃsu. Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā te bhikkhū apassantī paridevamānā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi –

‘‘Arati viya mejja khāyati,

Bahuke disvāna vivitte āsane;

Te cittakathā bahussutā,

Kome gotamasāvakā gatā’’ti.

Evaṃ vutte, aññatarā devatā taṃ devataṃ gāthāya paccabhāsi –

‘‘Māgadhaṃ gatā kosalaṃ gatā, ekacciyā pana vajjibhūmiyā;

Magā viya asaṅgacārino, aniketā viharanti bhikkhavo’’ti.