@3 aṅ. catukka 21/70 adhammikasutta 4 cha.Ma. parivattetvā Udakaṃ gahetvā udakena hatthapāde sītale katvā pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā nisinno sotāpattiphalasamāpattiṃ samāpajji atha paricchinnakālavasena samāpattito vuṭṭhāya paccayākāre ñāṇaṃ otāresi. So "avijjāpaccayā saṃkhārā"ti ādito paṭṭhāya antaṃ, antato paṭṭhāya ādiṃ, ubhayantato paṭṭhāya majjhaṃ, majjhato paṭṭhāya ubho ante pāpento tikkhattuṃ dvādasapadaṃ paccayākāraṃ sammasi. Tassevaṃ sammasantassa paccayākāro ativibhūto hutvā uttānakuttānako viya upaṭṭhāsi.

Tato cintesi "ayaṃ paccayākāro sabbabuddhehi `gambhīro ceva gambhīrāvabhāso cā'ti kathito, mayhaṃ kho pana padesañāṇe ṭhitassa sāvakassa sato uttāno vibhūto pākaṭo hutvā upaṭṭhāti, mayhaṃyeva nu kho esa uttānako hutvā upaṭṭhāti, udāhu aññesampī"ti. Athassa etadahosi "handāhaṃ imaṃ pañhaṃ gahetvā bhagavantaṃ pucchāmi, addhā me bhagavā imaṃ atthuppattiṃ katvā sālindaṃ sineruṃ ukkhipanto viya ekaṃ suttantakkhandhaṃ kathetvā dassessati. Buddhānaṃ hi vinayapaññattiṃ, bhummantaraṃ, paccayākāraṃ, samayantaranti imāni cattāri ṭhānāni patvā gajjitaṃ mahantaṃ hoti, ñāṇaṃ anupavisati, buddhañāṇassa mahantabhāvo paññāyati, desanā gambhīrā hoti tilakkhaṇāhatā suññatāpaṭisaṃyuttā"ti.

So kiñcāpi pakatiyāva ekadivase satavārampi sahassavārampi bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamanto na ahetuakāraṇena upasaṅkamati, taṃdivasaṃ pana imaṃ pañhaṃ gahetvā "imaṃ buddhagandhahatthiṃ āsajja ñāṇakoñcanādaṃ sossāmi, buddhasīhaṃ āsajja ñāṇasīhanādaṃ sossāmi, buddhasindhavaṃ āsajja ñāṇapadavikkamaṃ passissāmī"ti cintetvā divāṭṭhānā uṭṭhāya cammakkhaṇḍaṃ papphoṭetvā ādāya sāyaṇhasamaye bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkami. Tena vuttaṃ "sāyaṇhavelāya paccayākārapañhā- pucchanakāraṇena upasaṅkanto"ti