Tato bhagavā ekaṃ samayaṃ janapadacārikañcaranto vesāliṃ patvā gotamake cetiye viharanto imesaṃ pañcasatānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ñāṇaparipākaṃ viditvā imaṃ gotamakasuttaṃ
Kathesi:- "abhiññāyāhaṃ bhikkhave dhammaṃ desemi no anabhiññāya, sanidānāhaṃ .pe. Sappāṭihāriyāhaṃ bhikkhave dhammaṃ desemi no appāṭihāriyaṃ, tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave abhiññāya dhammaṃ desayato .pe. No appāṭihāriyaṃ, karaṇīyo ovādo karaṇīyā anusāsanī, alañcapana vo bhikkhave tuṭṭhiyā alaṃ attamanatāya alaṃ somanassāya `sammāsambuddho bhagavā, svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo, supaṭipanno saṃgho'ti idamavoca bhagavā, imasmiṃ ca pana veyyākaraṇasmiṃ bhaññamāne *- dasasahassī lokadhātu akampitthā"ti.
Idañca suttaṃ sutvā te pañcasatā bhikkhū tasmiṃyevāsane saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu. Evāyaṃ desanā etasmiṃ ṭhāne niṭṭhamagamāsīti.
Papañcasūdaniyā majjhimanikāyaṭṭhakathāya