Dighanikaya 0.32

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Kissa pana thero ekenūnamakāsīti? Āyasmato ānandattherassa okāsakaraṇatthaṃ. Tenahāyasmatā sahāpi, vināpi, na sakkā dhammasaṅgītiṃ kātuṃ. So hāyasmā sekkho sakaraṇīyo, tasmā sahāpi na sakkā. Yasmā panassa kiñci dasabaladesitaṃ suttageyyādikaṃ appaccakkhaṃ nāma natthi. Yathāha –

Why then did the Elder leave it one short? In order to make room for Venerable Ānanda Thera. For without that venerable one, as well as with him, it was not possible to hold the Dhamma recitation. For that venerable one was a trainee with duties still to be done; therefore, it was not possible [to hold it] with him. However, because there was nothing among the discourses, songs, and the rest taught by the Ten-Powered One that was not directly known to him. As he said: