“Bhante nāgasena, ‘gadrabhassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabban’ti yaṃ vadesi, katamaṃ taṃ ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, gadrabho nāma saṅkārakūṭepi catukkepi siṅghāṭakepi gāmadvārepi thusarāsimhipi yattha katthaci sayati, na sayanabahulo hoti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena tiṇasanthārepi paṇṇa­san­thārepi ­kaṭṭha­mañ­ca­kepi chamāyapi yattha katthaci cammakhaṇḍaṃ pattharitvā yattha katthaci sayitabbaṃ, na sayanabahulena bhavitabbaṃ. Idaṃ, mahārāja, gadrabhassa ekaṃ aṅgaṃ gahetabbaṃ. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena ‘kaliṅ­ga­rūpa­dhānā, bhikkhave, etarahi mama sāvakā viharanti appamattā ātāpino padhānasmin’ti. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, therena sāriputtena dhamma­senā­pati­nāpi—

‘Pallaṅkena nisinnassa,
jaṇṇuke nābhivassati;
Alaṃ phāsuvihārāya,
pahitattassa bhikkhuno’”ti.

­Gad­rabhaṅ­gapañho paṭhamo.