Preached, seven days after the first sermon, to Nálaka (q.v.), nephew of Asita. The sutta itself is a discourse on the state of a recluse (Moneyyapatipadá), but there are twenty introductory verses (called Vatthugáthá) giving the story of Asita and Nálaka (SN.vs. 679 723; SNA.ii.501).
The sutta is also called Nálaka paopadá. (J.i.55).