Ettha yaṃ dasannaṃ gocarisaṅkhātānaṃ pakatihatthīnaṃ balaṃ, taṃ ekassa kalāpassāti evaṃ dasaguṇavaḍḍhitāya gaṇanāya pakatihatthīnaṃ koṭisahassabalappamāṇaṃ balaṃ, taṃ sabbaṃpi cundassa piṇḍapātaṃ paribhuttakālato paṭṭhāya paṅkavāre pakkhittaṃ udakaṃ viya parikkhayaṃ gataṃ. Pāvānagarato tīṇi gāvutāni kusinārānagaraṃ, etasmiṃ antare pañcavīsatiyā ṭhānesu nisīditvā mahatā ussāhena āgacchantopi suriyatthaṅgatavelāyaṃ sāyaṇhasamaye bhagavā sālavanaṃ paviṭṭho. Evaṃ rogo sabbaṃ ārogyaṃ maddanto āgacchati. Etamatthaṃ dassento viya sabbalokassa saṃvegakaraṃ vācaṃ bhāsanto "kilantosmi ānanda, nipajjissāmī"ti āha.