bhagavā kira imassa suttassa samuṭṭhānasamaye paccūsakāle mahākaruṇāsamāpattito vuṭṭhāya lokaṃ volokento imāya anāgatavaṃsadīpikāya suttantakathāya mātulanagaravāsīnaṃ caturāsītiyā pāṇasahassānaṃ dhammābhisamayaṃ disvā pātova vīsatibhikkhusahassaparivāro mātulanagaraṃ sampatto. Mātulanagaravāsino khattiyā "bhagavā kira āgato"ti sutvā paccuggamma dasabalaṃ nimantetvā mahāsakkārena nagaraṃ pavesetvā nisajjaṭṭhānaṃ saṃvidhāya bhagavantaṃ mahārahe pallaṅke nisīdāpetvā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa mahādānaṃ adaṃsu. Bhagavā bhattakiccaṃ

Atha rājakulānaṃ bhattānumodanaṃ akatvāva pattaṃ gahetvā nagarato nikkhami. Manussā cintayiṃsu "satthā amhākaṃ anumodanaṃpi akatvā gacchati, addhā bhattaggaṃ amanāpaṃ ahosi, buddhānaṃ nāma na sakkā cittaṃ gahetuṃ, buddhehi saddhiṃ vissāsakaraṇaṃ nāma samussitaphaṇaṃ āsīvisaṃ gīvāyaṃ gahaṇasadisaṃ hoti, etha bho, tathāgataṃ khamāpessāmā"ti. Sakalanagaravāsino bhagavatā saheva nikkhantā.

Bhagavā gacchantova magadhakkhette ṭhitaṃ sākhāviṭapasampannaṃ saṇḍacchānaṃ karīsamattabhūmibhāge patiṭṭhitaṃ ekaṃ mātularukkhaṃ disvā imasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisīditvā dhamme desiyamāne "mahājanassa ṭhānanisajjānaṃ okāso bhavissatī"ti nivattitvā maggā okkamma rukkhamūlaṃ upasaṅkamitvā dhammabhaṇḍāgārikaṃ ānandattheraṃ olokesi. Thero olokitasaññāyaeva "satthā nisīditukāmo"ti ñatavā sugatamahācīvaraṃ paññapetvā adāsi. Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Athassa purato manussā nisīdiṃsu. Ubhosu passesu pacchato ca bhikkhusaṃgho, ākāse devatā aṭṭhaṃsu, evaṃ mahāparisamajjhagato tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi.