[796] Then the Blessed One, having dressed in the morning, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms. Having walked for alms in Sāvatthī, after the meal, returning from the alms round, he addressed the Venerable Rāhula: "Rāhula, take the sitting cloth; we shall go to the Andhavana forest for the day's abiding." "Yes, venerable sir," the Venerable Rāhula replied to the Blessed One, and taking the sitting cloth he followed close behind the Blessed One.
Now at that time many thousands of deities were following the Blessed One, thinking: "Today the Blessed One will lead the Venerable Rāhula further, to the destruction of the taints (āsava)."
Then the Blessed One, having plunged into the Andhavana forest, sat down on a seat prepared at the root of a certain tree. The Venerable Rāhula too, having paid homage to the Blessed One, sat down to one side.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.