Ime kho ānanda aṭṭha hetūti ettha imeti niddiṭṭhanidassanaṃ. Ettāvatā ca panāyasmā ānando "addhā ajja bhagavatā āyusaṅkhāro ossaṭṭho"ti sallakkhesi. Bhagavā pana sallakkhitabhāvaṃ jānantopi okāsaṃ adatvāva aññānipi aṭṭhakāni sampiṇḍanto "aṭṭha kho imā"ti ādimāha.

Aṭṭhaparisavaṇṇanā

[172] Tattha anekasataṃ khattiyaparisanti bimbisārasamāgamañāti- samāgamalicchavisamāgamādisadisaṃ, sā pana aññesu cakkavāḷesupi labbhatiyeva. Sallapitapubbanti alallāpasallāpo katapubbo. Sākacchāti dhammasākacchāpi samāpajjitapubbā. Yādisako tesaṃ vaṇṇoti te odātāpi honti kāḷāpi maṅguracchavīpi, satthā suvaṇṇavaṇṇova. Idaṃ pana saṇṭhānaṃ paṭicca kathitaṃ. Saṇṭhānaṃpi ca kevalaṃ tesaṃ paññāyatiyeva, na pana bhagavā milakkhasadiso hoti nāpi āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalo, buddhaveseneva nisīdati. Te pana attanā samānasaṇṭhānameva passanti. Yādisako tesaṃ saroti te chinnassarāpi honti gaggarassarāpi kākassarāpi honti, satthā brahmassarova. Idaṃ pana bhāsantaraṃ sandhāya kathitaṃ. Sacepi hi tattha satthā rājāsane nisinno katheti, "ajja rājā madhurena sarena kathetī"ti tesaṃ hoti. Kathetvā pakkante pana bhagavati puna rājānaṃ āgataṃ disvā "ko nukho ayan"ti vīmaṃsā uppajjati. Tattha "ko nu kho ayan"ti imasmiṃ ṭhāne idāneva magadhabhāsāya sīhalabhāsāya madhurenākārena kathento ko nu kho ayaṃ antarahito, kiṃ devo, udāhu manussoti evaṃ vimaṃsantāpi na jānantīti attho.