@ i. maraṇasaṃvaṇṇaṃ 4 i. kathenti nāma 5 cha.Ma. āropessanti Sāriputtā"ti. "atthi bhante magadhesu nālakagāme jātovarako, tatthāhaṃ parinibbāyissāmī"ti vutte "yassadāni tvaṃ sāriputta kālaṃ maññasi, idāni pana te jeṭṭhakaniṭṭhabhātikānaṃ tādisassa bhikkhuno dassanaṃ dullabhaṃ bhavissatīti desehi tesaṃ dhamman"ti āha.

Thero "satthā mayhaṃ iddhivikubbanapubbaṅgamaṃ dhammadesanaṃ paccāsiṃsatī"ti ñatvā bhagavantaṃ vanditvā tālappamāṇaṃ abbhuggantvā puna oruyha bhagavantaṃ vanditvā yāva sattatālappamāṇe antalikkhe ṭhito idadhivikubbanaṃ dassetvā dhammaṃ desesi. Sakalanagaraṃ sannipati. Thero oruyha bhagavantaṃ vanditvā "gamanakālo me bhante"ti āha. Bhagavā dhammāsane nisinno "paṭipādessāmī"ti dhammāsanā uṭṭhāya gandhakuṭiabhimukho gantvā maṇiphalake aṭṭhāsi. Thero tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā catūsu ṭhānesu vanditvā:- "bhagavā ito kappasatasahassādhikassa asaṅkheyyassa upari anomadassisammāsambuddhassa pādamūle nipatitvā tumhākaṃ dassanaṃ patthesiṃ, sā me patthanā samiddhā, diṭṭhā tumhe, taṃ paṭhamaṃ dassanaṃ, idaṃ pacchimadassanaṃ. Puna tumhākaṃ dassanaṃ natthī"ti vatvā dasanakhasamodhānasamujjalaṃ añjaliṃ paggayha yāva dassanavisayo, tāva abhimukhova paṭikkamitvā "ito paṭṭhāya cutipaṭisandhivasena kismiñci ṭhāne gamanāgamanaṃ nāma natthī"ti vanditvā pakkāmi. Udakapariyantaṃ katvā mahābhūmicālo ahosi. Bhagavā parivāretvā ṭhitabhikkhū āha "anugacchatha bhikkhave tumhākaṃ jeṭṭhabhātikan"ti. Bhikkhū yāva dvārakoṭṭhakā agamaṃsu. Thero "tiṭṭhatha tumhe āvuso appamattā hothā"ti nivattāpetvā attano parisāyeva saddhiṃ pakkāmi.

Manussā "pubbe ayyo paccāgamanacārikaṃ carati, idaṃdāni gamanaṃ na puna paccāgamanāyā"ti paridevantā anubandhiṃsu. Tepi "appamattā hotha, āvuso evaṃbhāvino nāma saṅkhārā"ti nivattāpesi. Athakho āyasmā sāriputto antarāmagge sattāhaṃ manussānaṃ anuggahaṃ karonto sāyaṃ nālakagāmaṃ patvā gāmadvāre nigrodharukkhamūle aṭṭhāsi.