Upāsakā na bhagavā aññattha gacchati, idheva tissasāmaṇerassa dassanatthāya āgatoti. Te "amhākaṃ kira kulūpakattherassa dassanatthāya satthā āgato, na vata no thero oramattako"ti somanassajātā ahesuṃ.

Atha bhagavato bhattakiccapariyosāne sāmaṇero gāmaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā "upāsakā mahābhikkhusaṃgho"ti pucchi. Athassa te "satthā bhante āgato"ti ārocesuṃ, so bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā piṇḍapātena āpucchi. Satthā tassa pattaṃ hatthena gahetvā "alantissa niṭṭhitaṃ bhattakiccan"ti āha. Tato upajjhāyaṃ āpucchitvā attano pattāsane nisīditvā bhattakiccaṃ akāsi. Athassa bhattakiccapariyosāne satthā maṅgalaṃ vatvā nikkhamitvā gāmadvāre ṭhatvā "kataro te tissavasanaṭṭhānaṃ gamanamaggo"ti āha. Ayaṃ bhagavāti. Maggaṃ desayamāno purato yāhi tissāti. Bhagavā kira sadevakassa lokassa magguddesako samānopi "sakalatigāvute magge sāmaṇeraṃ daṭṭhuṃ lacchāmī"ti taṃ magguddesakamakāsi.

So attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā bhagavato vattamakāsi. Atha naṃ bhagavā "kataro te tissa caṅkamo"ti pucchitvā tattha gantvā sāmaṇerassa nisīdanapāsāṇe nisīditvā "tissa imasmiṃ ṭhāne sukhaṃ vasasī"ti pucchi. So āha "āma bhante imasmiṃ me ṭhāne vasantassa sīhabyagghahatthimigamorādīnaṃ saddaṃ suṇato araññasaññā uppajjati, tāya sukhaṃ vasāmī"ti. Atha naṃ bhagavā "tissa bhikkhusaṃghaṃ sannipātehi, buddhadāyajjaṃ te dassāmī"ti vatvā sannipatite bhikkhusaṃghe upasampādetvā attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃyeva agamāsīti. Ayaṃ turitacārikā nāma.

Yaṃ pana gāmanigamapaṭipāṭiyā devasikaṃ yojanaaḍḍhayojanavasena piṇḍapātacariyādīhi lokaṃ anuggaṇhantassa gamanaṃ, ayaṃ aturitacārikā nāma. Imaṃ pana cārikaṃ caranto bhagavā mahāmaṇḍalaṃ majjhimamaṇḍalaṃ antimamaṇḍalanti imesaṃ