Mahapadanasutta 1.2.1-7

1.2.1

Assosi kho bhagavā dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atikkantamānusikāya tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ imaṃ kathāsallāpaṃ.

With clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, the Buddha heard that discussion among the mendicants.

1.2.2

Atha kho bhagavā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena karerimaṇḍalamāḷo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi, nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

So he got up from his seat and went to the pavilion, where he sat on the seat spread out and addressed the mendicants:

1.2.3

“kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā; kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā”ti?

“Mendicants, what were you sitting talking about just now? What conversation was left unfinished?”

1.2.4

Evaṃ vutte, te bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ:

The mendicants told him what had happened, adding,

1.2.5

“idha, bhante, amhākaṃ pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṃ karerimaṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ pubbenivāsapaṭisaṃyuttā dhammī kathā udapādi:

1.2.6

‘itipi pubbenivāso itipi pubbenivāso’ti.

1.2.7

Ayaṃ kho no, bhante, antarākathā vippakatā. Atha bhagavā anuppatto”ti.

“This is the conversation that was unfinished when the Buddha arrived.”