@7 i. parinibbuto Ananucchavikametan"ti apariniṭṭhitāva mālāyo gahetvā āgamma antocakkavāḷe okāsaṃ alabhamānā cakkavāḷamukhavaṭṭiyaṃ lambitvā cakkavāḷamukhavaṭṭiyāva ādhāvantiyo hatthena hatthaṃ gīvāya gīvaṃ gahetvā tīṇī ratanāni ārabbha dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni chabbaṇṇarasmiyo dasapāramiyo aḍḍhachaṭṭhāni jātakasatāni cuddasa buddhañāṇāni ārabbha gāyitvā tassa tassa avasāne "pahāyamhe pahāyamhe"ti vadanti. Idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ "dibbānipi saṅgītāni antalikkhe vajjanti tathāgatassa pūjāyā"ti.

[199] Bhagavā pana yamakasālānaṃ antare dakkhiṇena passena nipannoyeva paṭhavītalato yāva cakkavāḷamukhavaṭṭiyā, cakkavāḷamukhavaṭṭito ca yāva brahmalokā sannipatitāya parisāya mahantaṃ ussāhaṃ disvā āyasmato ānandassa ārocesi. Tena vuttaṃ "athakho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ .pe. Tathāgatassa pūjāyā"ti. Evaṃ mahāsakkāraṃ dassetvā tenāpi attano asakkatabhāvameva dassento na kho ānanda ettāvatāti ādimāha.

Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti:- "ānanda mayā dīpaṅkarapādamūle nipannena aṭṭha dhamme samodhānetvā abhinīhāraṃ karontena na mālāgandhaturiyasaṅgītānaṃ atthāya abhinīhāro kato, na etadatthāya pāramiyo pūritā. Tasmā na kho ahaṃ etāya pūjāya pūjito nāma homī"ti.