Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 3.7.6

3.7.6

爾時，諸比丘白世尊曰：「諸法之本，如來所說。唯願世尊為諸比丘說此妙義，諸比丘從如來聞已，便當受持。」

The monks then said to the Bhagavān, “What the Tathāgata says is the source of the teachings. Please, Bhagavān, explain the wonderful meaning of this for the monks. After we hear it from the Tathāgata, the monks will accept and retain it.”