[282] Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in the Eastern Park, in the mansion of Migāra's mother, together with many very well-known elder disciples—the venerable Sāriputta, the venerable Mahāmoggallāna, the venerable Mahākassapa, the venerable Mahākaccāyana, the venerable Mahākoṭṭhita, the venerable Mahākappina, the venerable Mahācunda, the venerable Revata, the venerable Ānanda, and other very well-known elder disciples.
Now on that occasion the elder bhikkhus were advising and instructing the bhikkhus. Some elder bhikkhus were advising and instructing ten bhikkhus, some elder bhikkhus were advising and instructing twenty bhikkhus, some elder bhikkhus were advising and instructing thirty bhikkhus, some elder bhikkhus were advising and instructing forty bhikkhus. And those newly ordained bhikkhus, being advised and instructed by the elder bhikkhus, came to know a lofty distinction, each stage successively higher than the one before.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.