Atha tathāgatassa parinibbānato sattasu sādhukīḷanadivasesu sattasu ca dhātupūjādivasesu vītivattesu aḍḍhamāso atikkanto idāni gimhānaṃ diyaḍḍho māso seso upakaṭṭhā vassūpanāyikāti mantvā mahākassapatthero rājagahaṃ āvuso gacchāmāti upaḍḍhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ gahetvā ekaṃ maggaṃ gato. Anuruddhatthero upaḍḍhaṃ gahetvā ekaṃ maggaṃ gato. Ānandatthero bhagavato pattacīvaraṃ
Gahetvā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto sāvatthiṃ gantvā rājagahaṃ gantukāmo yena sāvatthī tena cārikaṃ pakkāmi. Ānandattherena gatagataṭṭhāne mahāparidevo ahosi bhante ānanda kuhiṃ satthāraṃ ṭhapetvā āgatosīti. Anupubbena pana sāvatthimanuppatte there bhagavato parinibbānadivase viya mahāparidevo ahosi. Tatra sudaṃ āyasmā ānando aniccatādipaṭisaṃyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya taṃ mahājanaṃ saññāpetvā jetavanaṃ pavisitvā dasabalena vasitagandhakuṭiyā dvāraṃ vivaritvā mañcapīṭhaṃ nīharitvā papphoṭetvā gandhakuṭiṃ sammajjitvā milātamālākacavaraṃ chaḍḍetvā mañcapīṭhaṃ atiharitvā puna yathāṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā bhagavato ṭhitakāle viya karaṇīyaṃ vattaṃ sabbamakāsi. Atha thero bhagavato parinibbānato pabhūti ṭhānanisajjabahulattā ussannadhātukaṃ kāyaṃ samassāsetuṃ dutiyadivase khīravirecanaṃ pivitvā vihāreyeva nisīdi yaṃ sandhāya subhena māṇavena pahitaṃ māṇavakaṃ etadavoca akālo kho māṇavaka atthi me ajja bhesajjamattā pītā appevanāma svepi upasaṅkameyyāmāti. Dutiyadivase cetakattherena pacchāsamaṇena gantvā subhena māṇavena puṭṭho dīghanikāye subhasuttaṃ nāma dasamaṃ suttamabhāsi. Atha thero jetavanavihāre khaṇḍaphullapaṭisaṅkharaṇaṃ kārāpetvā upakaṭṭhāya vassūpanāyikāya rājagahaṃ gato. Tathā mahākassapatthero ca anuruddhatthero ca sabbaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ gahetvā rājahameva gato.
Tena kho pana samayena rājagahe aṭṭhārasa mahāvihārā
Honti. Te sabbepi chaḍḍitapatitauklāpā ahesuṃ. Bhagavato hi parinibbāne sabbe bhikkhū attano attano pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā vihāre ca pariveṇe ca chaḍḍetvā agamaṃsu. Tattha therā bhagavato vacanapūjanatthaṃ titthiyavādaparimocanatthañca paṭhamaṃ māsaṃ khaṇḍaphullapaṭisaṅkharaṇaṃ karomāti cintesuṃ. Titthiyā hi vadeyyuṃ samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakā satthari ṭhiteyeva vihāre paṭijaggiṃsu parinibbute chaḍḍesunti. Tesaṃ vādaparimocanatthañca cintesunti vuttaṃ hoti. Vuttampi cetaṃ athakho therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi bhagavatā kho āvuso khaṇḍaphullapaṭisaṅkharaṇaṃ vaṇṇitaṃ handa mayaṃ āvuso paṭhamaṃ māsaṃ khaṇḍaphullapaṭisaṅkharaṇaṃ karoma majjhimaṃ māsaṃ sannipatitvā dhammañca vinayañca saṅgāyissāmāti. Te dutiyadivase gantvā rājadvāre aṭṭhaṃsu. Ajātasattu rājā āgantvā vanditvā kiṃ bhante āgatatthāti attanā kattabbakiccaṃ paṭipucchi. Therā aṭṭhārasamahāvihārapaṭisaṅkharaṇatthāya hatthakammaṃ paṭivedesuṃ. Sādhu bhanteti rājā hatthakammakārake manusse adāsi. Therā paṭhamamāsaṃ sabbavihāre paṭisaṅkharāpetvā rañño ārocesuṃ niṭṭhitaṃ mahārāja vihārapaṭisaṅkharaṇaṃ idāni dhammavinayasaṅgahaṃ karomāti. Sādhu bhante vissatthā karotha mayhaṃ āṇācakkaṃ tumhākaṃ dhammacakkaṃ hotu āṇāpetha maṃ bhante kiṃ karomīti. Saṅgahaṃ karontānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ sannisajjanaṭṭhānaṃ mahārājāti. Kattha karomi bhanteti. Vebhārapabbatapasse sattapaṇṇaguhādvāre kātuṃ yuttaṃ mahārājāti. Sādhu bhanteti kho rājā ajātasattu vissakammunā Nimmitasadisaṃ suvibhattabhittitthambhasopānaṃ nānāvidhamālākamma- latākammavicittaṃ abhibhavantamiva rājabhavanavibhūtiṃ avahasantamiva devavimānasiriṃ siriyā niketamiva ekanipātatitthamiva ca devamanussanayanavihaṅgānaṃ lokarāmaṇeyyakamiva sampiṇḍitaṃ daṭṭhabbasāramaṇḍaṃ maṇḍapaṃ kārāpetvā vividhakusumadāmaolambakaviniggalantacāruvitānaṃ ratanavicittamaṇikoṭimatalamiva ca naṃ nānāpupphūpahāravicittaṃ supariniṭṭhitabhūmikammaṃ brahmavimānasadisaṃ alaṅkaritvā tasmiṃ mahāmaṇḍape pañcasatānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ anagghāni pañcakappiyapaccattharaṇasatāni paññāpetvā dakkhiṇabhāgaṃ nissāya uttarābhimukhaṃ therāsanaṃ maṇḍapamajjhe puratthābhimukhaṃ buddhassa bhagavato āsanārahaṃ dhammāsanaṃ paññāpetvā dantakhacittaṃ vījaniṃ cettha ṭhapetvā bhikkhusaṅghassa ārocāpesi niṭṭhitaṃ bhante mama kiccanti.