Dighanikaya 29.165_7

29.165_7

Sāriputtattheropi tatheva yaṃkiñci manāpaṃ labhati, taṃ ānandattherassa deti. So imampi attano kaniṭṭhabhātikaṃ therasseva saddhivihārikaṃ adāsi. Tena vuttaṃ – ‘‘yenassa upajjhāyo āyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkamī’’ti. Evaṃ kirassa ahosi – ‘‘upajjhāyo me mahāpañño, so imaṃ kathaṃ satthu ārocessati, atha satthā tadanurūpaṃ dhammaṃ desessatī’’ti. Kathāpābhatanti kathāya mūlaṃ. Mūlañhi ‘‘pābhata’’nti vuccati. Yathāha –

Sāriputta Thera also likewise gave whatever pleasing thing he received to Ānanda Thera. He gave even this younger brother of his to the elder himself as a co-resident. Therefore it was said: “approached the venerable Ānanda, his preceptor.” For it occurred to him thus: “My preceptor has great wisdom; he will inform the Teacher of this conversation, and then the Teacher will teach the Dhamma appropriate to it.” “A topic of conversation” (kathāpābhataṃ) means the source of the conversation. For a source is called pābhata. As he said: