Rathavinītasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 12 · Section 295

[295] Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Venerable Sāriputta; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Sāriputta: "Friend Sāriputta, the bhikkhu named Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta, of whom you have often been speaking in praise — he has been instructed, roused, inspired, and gladdened by the Blessed One with a talk on the Dhamma; and having delighted in and rejoiced at what the Blessed One said, he rose from his seat, paid homage to the Blessed One, circumambulated him keeping his right side towards him, and departed for the Andhavana Grove for the day's abiding." Then the Venerable Sāriputta, in haste, took his sitting-cloth and followed close behind the Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta, keeping his head in view. Then the Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta, having plunged into the Andhavana Grove, sat down at the root of a certain tree for the day's abiding; and the Venerable Sāriputta too, having plunged into the Andhavana Grove, sat down at the root of a certain tree for the day's abiding.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.