Kasmā pana bhagavā evaṃ mahantena ussāhena idhāgato, kiṃ aññattha na sakkā parinibbāyitunti? parinibbāyituṃ nāma na katthaci na sakkā, tīhi pana kāraṇehi idhāgato, idaṃ hi bhagavā evaṃ passati "mayi aññattha parinibbāyante mahāsudassanasuttassa atthuppatti na bhavissati, kusinārāyaṃ pana parinibbāyante yamahaṃ devaloke anubhavitabbaṃ sampattiṃ manussalokeyeva anubhaviṃ, taṃ dvīhi bhāṇavārehi maṇḍetvā desessāmi, taṃ me sutvā bahujanā kusalaṃ kattabbaṃ maññissantī"ti.

Aparaṃpi passati "maṃ aññattha parinibbāyantaṃ subhaddo na passissati, so ca buddhaveneyyo na sāvakaneyyo, na taṃ sāvakā vinetuṃ sakkonti, kusinārāyaṃ parinibbāyantaṃ pana maṃ so upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ pucchissati, pañhāvisajjanapariyosāne ca saraṇesu patiṭṭhāya mama santike pabbajjañca upasampadañca labhitvā kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā mayi dharamāneyeva arahattaṃ patvā pacchimasāvako bhavissatī"ti.

Aparaṃpi passati "mayi aññattha parinibbāyante dhātubhājanīye mahākalaho bhavissati, lohitanadī sandissati. Kusinārāyaṃ pana parinibbute doṇabrāhmaṇo taṃ vivādaṃ vūpasametvā dhātuyo vibhajissatī"ti. Imehi tīhi kāraṇehi bhagavā evaṃ mahantena ussāhena idhāgatoti veditabbo.