Tattha siyā:- kimatthaṃ pana bhagavā desento paṭhamaṃ bhikkhū āmanteti, na dhammameva desatīti. Satijananatthaṃ, bhikkhū hi aññaṃ cintentāpi vikkhittacittāpi dhammaṃ paccavekkhantāpi kammaṭṭhānaṃ manasikarontāpi nisinnā honti, te anāmantetvā dhamme desiyamāne "ayaṃ desanā kinnidānā kiṃpaccayā katamāya atthuppattiyā desitā"ti sallakkhetuṃ asakkontā duggahitaṃ vā gaṇheyyuṃ na vā gaṇheyyuṃ tena tesaṃ satijananatthaṃ bhagavā paṭhamaṃ āmantetvā pacchā dhammaṃ deseti.

Bhadanteti gāravavacanametaṃ, satthuno paṭivacanadānaṃ vā, apicettha bhikkhavoti vadamāno bhagavā te bhikkhū ālapati. Bhadanteti vadamānā te bhagavantaṃ paccālapanti. Tathā bhikkhavoti ābhāsati bhadanteti te paccābhāsanti. Bhikkhavoti paṭivacanaṃ dāpeti, bhadanteti paṭivacanaṃ denti. Te bhikkhūti ye ca bhagavā āmantesi te. Bhagavato paccassosunti bhagavato āmantanaṃ paṭiassosuṃ, abhimukhā hutvā suṇiṃsu sampaṭicchiṃsu paṭiggahesunti attho. Bhagavā etadavocāti bhagavā etaṃ idāni vattabbaṃ sakalasuttaṃ avoca.

Ettāvatā ca yaṃ āyasmatā ānandena kamalakuvalayujjalavimalasādhu- rasasalilāya pokkharaṇiyā sukhāvataraṇatthaṃ nimmalasilātalaracanāvilāsasopāṇaṃ vippakiṇṇamuttājālasadisavālikāpuṇṇapaṇḍarabhūmibhāgaṃ tiṭṭhaṃ viya suvibhattabhittivicitravedikāparikkhittassa nakkhattapathaṃ phusitukāmatāya viya ca vijambhitasamussayassa pāsādavarassa sukhārohanatthaṃ dantamayasaṇhamuduphalakakañcanalatāvinaddhamaṇigaṇappabhāsamudayujjalasobhasopāṇaṃ viya suvaṇṇavalayanupurādisaṅghaṭṭanasaddasammissakathitahasitamadhuras saragehajanavicaritassa uḷāraissariyavibhavasobhitassa mahāsayanassa sukhappavesanatthaṃ suvaṇṇarajatamaṇimuttāpavāḷādijutivijotitasupatiṭṭhitavisāladvāravāhaṃ mahādvāraṃ viya atthabyañjanasampannassa buddhānaṃ desanāñāṇagambhīrabhāvassa sūcakassa imassa suttassa sukhāvagāhanatthaṃ kāladesadesakavatthuparisāpadesapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ nidānaṃ bhāsitaṃ, tassa atthavaṇṇanā samattā.