5.
The Third Discourse on the Observance
346.
At Sāvatthī.
Seated to one side, that monk said this to the Blessed One:
"What, venerable sir, is the cause, what is the condition, whereby some serpents born in moisture here observe the Observance and become ones who have relinquished their bodies?"
"Here, monk, etc.
This, monk, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby some serpents born in moisture here observe the Observance and become ones who have relinquished their bodies."
The fifth.