Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.22

5.22.1

Atha kho āyasmato ānandassa etadahosi:

Then Ānanda thought,

5.22.2

“sace kho ahaṃ kosinārake malle ekamekaṃ bhagavantaṃ vandāpessāmi, avandito bhagavā kosinārakehi mallehi bhavissati, athāyaṃ ratti vibhāyissati.

“If I have the Mallas pay homage to the Buddha one by one, they won’t be finished before first light.

5.22.3

Yannūnāhaṃ kosinārake malle kulaparivattaso kulaparivattaso ṭhapetvā bhagavantaṃ vandāpeyyaṃ:

I’d better separate them family by family and then have them pay homage, saying:

5.22.4

‘itthannāmo, bhante, mallo saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī’”ti.

‘Sir, the Malla named so-and-so with children, wives, retinue, and ministers bows with his head to your feet.’”

5.22.5

Atha kho āyasmā ānando kosinārake malle kulaparivattaso kulaparivattaso ṭhapetvā bhagavantaṃ vandāpesi:

And so that’s what he did.

5.22.6

“itthannāmo, bhante, mallo saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī”ti.

5.22.7

Atha kho āyasmā ānando etena upāyena paṭhameneva yāmena kosinārake malle bhagavantaṃ vandāpesi.

So by this means Ānanda got the Mallas to finish paying homage to the Buddha in the first watch of the night.