Ayaṃ panassa pubbapayogato paṭṭhāya āvibhāvakathā:- thero kira padumuttarassa buddhassa bhagavato kāle seṭṭhiputto ahosi. Athekadivasaṃ bhagavantaṃ citrakathiṃ ekaṃ attano sāvakaṃ ṭhānantare ṭhapentaṃ disvā bhagavato sattāhaṃ dānaṃ datvā "ahaṃpi bhagavā anāgate ekassa buddhassa ayaṃ thero viya citrakathī sāvako bhavāmī"ti patthanaṃ katvā puññāni karonto kassapassa bhagavato sāsane pabbajitvā visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ nāsakkhi. Tadā kira parinibbutassa bhagavato sāsane osakkante pañca bhikkhū nisseṇiṃ bandhitvā pabbataṃ āruyha samaṇadhammaṃ akaṃsu. Saṃghatthero tatiyadivase arahattaṃ patto, anuthero catutthadivase anāgāmī ahosi, itare tayo visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ asakkontā devaloke nibbattā.

Tesaṃ ekaṃ buddhantaraṃ devesu ca manussesu ca sampattiṃ anubhavantānaṃ eko takkasilāyaṃ rājakule nibbattitvā pukkusāti nāma rājā hutvā bhagavantaṃ uddissa pabbajitvā rājagahaṃ uddissa āgacchanto kumbhakārasālāyaṃ bhagavato dhammadesanaṃ sutvā anāgāmiphalaṃ patto. Eko ekasmiṃ samuddapaṭṭane kulaghare nibbattitvā nāvaṃ āruyha bhinnanāvo dārucirāni nivāsetvā lābhasampattiṃ patto "ahaṃ arahā"ti cittaṃ uppādetvā "na tvaṃ arahā, gaccha satthāraṃ