[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.

@3 cha.Ma., i. attano 4 cha.Ma. māgadhabhāsāya Kimatthaṃ panevaṃ ajānantānaṃ dhammaṃ desetīti. Vāsanatthāya. Evaṃ sutopi hi dhammo anāgate paccayo hotiyevāti anāgataṃ paṭicca deseti. Anekasataṃ brāhmaṇaparisanti ādīnaṃpi soṇadaṇḍakūṭadantasamāgamādivasena ceva aññacakkavāḷavasena ca sambhavo veditabbo.

Imā pana aṭṭha parisā bhagavā kimatthaṃ āhari? abhītabhāvadassanatthameva. Imā kira āharitvā evamāha "ānanda imāpi aṭṭha parisā upasaṅkamitvā dhammaṃ desentassa tathāgatassa bhayaṃ vā sārajjaṃ vā natthi, māraṃ pana ekakaṃ disvā tathāgato bhāyeyyāti ko evaṃ saññaṃ uppādetuṃ arahati. Abhīto ānanda tathāgato acchambhī sato sampajāno āyusaṅkhāraṃ ossajī"ti.