1At Sāvatthī. Then two bhikkhus who were companions, pupils of the Venerable Mahakappina, approached the Blessed One. The Blessed One saw them coming in the distance and addressed the bhikkhus thus: "Bhikkhus, do you see those two bhikkhus who are companions coming, pupils of Kappina?"

"Yes, venerable sir."

"Those bhikkhus are of great spiritual power and might. It is not easy to find an attainment that those bhikkhus have not already attained. And they are ones who, by realizing it for themselves with direct knowledge, in this very life enter and dwell in that unsurpassed goal of the holy life for the sake of which clansmen rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness."

2This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One, the Teacher, further said this:

3"These two companion bhikkhus
Have been united for a very long time. [n.401] Spk: It is said that they had been companions in five hundred past births.
The true Dhamma has united them
In the Dhamma proclaimed by the Buddha.

4"They have been disciplined well by Kappina
In the Dhamma proclaimed by the Noble One.
They carry about their final bodies,
Having conquered Māra and his mount."

The Book of Causation is finished.

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. Atha kho dve bhikkhū sahāyakā āyasmato mahākappinassa saddhivihārino yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu. Addasā kho bhagavā te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante. Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi: "passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, ete bhikkhū sahāyake āgacchante kappinassa saddhivihārino"ti?

"Evaṁ, bhante".

"Ete kho te bhikkhū mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā. Na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā, yā tehi bhikkhūhi asamāpannapubbā. Yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihārantī"ti.

2Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

3"Sahāyāvatime bhikkhū,
cirarattaṁ sametikā;
Sameti nesaṁ saddhammo,
dhamme buddhappavedite.

4Suvinītā kappinena,
dhamme ariyappavedite;
Dhārenti antimaṁ dehaṁ,
jetvā māraṁ savāhinin"ti.

Dvādasamaṁ.
Bhikkhuvaggo paṭhamo.

5Kolito upatisso ca,
ghaṭo cāpi pavuccati;
Navo sujāto bhaddi ca,
visākho nando tisso ca;
Theranāmo ca kappino,
sahāyena ca dvādasāti.

Bhikkhusaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.
Nidānavaggo dutiyo.

6Nidānābhisamayadhātu,
anamataggena kassapaṁ;
Sakkārarāhulalakkhaṇo,
opammabhikkhunā vaggo.

Dutiyo tena pavuccatīti.

Nidānavaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.