@3 cha.Ma.,i. paccokiṇṇo 4 cha.Ma.,i. ṭhāne 5 cha.Ma.,i. karahacīti na dissati Tasmā te deve varaṃ dadamāne temāsaṃ padumuttaraṃ bhagavantaṃ upaṭṭhātuṃ varaṃ gaṇhathā"ti. So "tumhe mayhaṃ kalyāṇamittā, na mametaṃ cittaṃ atthi, tumhehi pana uppāditaṃ, evaṃ karissāmī"ti gantvā pitaraṃ vanditvā pitarā āliṅgitvā tassa matthake cumbitvā "varaṃ te putta demī"ti vutto "sādhu mahārāja, icchāmahaṃ mahārāja bhagavantaṃ temāsaṃ catūhi paccayehi upaṭṭhahanto jīvitaṃ avañjhaṃ kātuṃ, imaṃ me varaṃ dehī"ti āha. "na sakkā tāta, aññe vare demīti. "deva khattiyānaṃ nāma dve kathā natthi etaṃ me dehi, na mamaññena attho"ti. Tāta buddhānaṃ nāma cittaṃ dujjānaṃ, sace bhagavā na icchissati, mayā dinnopi kiṃ bhavissatīti. So "sādhu deva ahaṃ bhagavato cittaṃ jānissāmīti vihāraṃ gato.

Tena ca samayena bhattakiccaṃ niṭṭhapetvā bhagavā gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭho hoti. So maṇḍalamāle sannisinnānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ santikaṃ agamāsi. Te taṃ āhaṃsu "rājaputta kasmā āgatosī"ti. Bhagavantaṃ dassanāya, dassetha me bhagavantanti. Na mayaṃ rājaputta icchiticchitakkhaṇe satthāraṃ daṭṭhuṃ labhāmāti. Ko pana bhante labhatīti. Sumanatthero nāma rājaputtāti. So "kuhiṃ bhante thero"ti therassa nisinnaṭṭhānaṃ pucchitvā gantvā vanditvā "icchāmahaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ passituṃ, dassetha me"ti āha. Thero "ehi rājaputtā"ti taṃ gahetvā taṃ gandhakuṭipariveṇe ṭhapetvā gandhakuṭiṃ abhiruhi. Atha naṃ bhagavā "sumana kasmā āgatosī"ti āha. Rājaputto "bhante bhagavantaṃ dassanāya āgato"ti. "tenahi bhikkhu āsanaṃ paññāpehī"ti. Thero āsanaṃ paññāpesi, nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Rājaputto bhagavantaṃ vanditvā paṭisanthāraṃ akāsi. Kadā āgatosi rājaputtāti. Bhante tumhesu gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭhesu. Bhikkhū pana "na mayaṃ icchiticchitakkhaṇe bhagavantaṃ daṭṭhuṃ labhāmā"ti maṃ therassa santikaṃ pāhesuṃ. Thero pana ekavacaneneva dassesi. Thero bhante tumhākaṃ sāsane vallabho maññeti. Āma