[420] Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. Then the carpenter Pañcakaṅga addressed a certain man: "Come, my good man, go to the Venerable Anuruddha, and having approached, pay homage with your head at the feet of the Venerable Anuruddha in my name, saying: 'Venerable sir, the carpenter Pañcakaṅga pays homage with his head at the feet of the Venerable Anuruddha.' And say this: 'Venerable sir, may the Venerable Anuruddha please consent to accept tomorrow's meal from the carpenter Pañcakaṅga together with three others, himself making the fourth; and, venerable sir, may the Venerable Anuruddha please come quite early, for the carpenter Pañcakaṅga has many duties, much to be done, on business for the king.'"
"Yes, venerable sir," that man replied to the carpenter Pañcakaṅga, and he went to the Venerable Anuruddha. Having approached and paid homage to the Venerable Anuruddha, he sat down to one side. Seated to one side, that man said this to the Venerable Anuruddha: "Venerable sir, the carpenter Pañcakaṅga pays homage with his head at the feet of the Venerable Anuruddha, and he says this: 'Venerable sir, may the Venerable Anuruddha please consent to accept tomorrow's meal from the carpenter Pañcakaṅga together with three others, himself making the fourth; and, venerable sir, may the Venerable Anuruddha please come quite early, for the carpenter Pañcakaṅga has many duties, much to be done, on business for the king.'"
The Venerable Anuruddha consented by silence.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.