@3 cha.Ma. na chijjati 4 ka. chindavicchindaṃ Karissāma, bhikkhusaṃghe āgate tepiṭakaṃ buddhavacanaṃ āgatameva bhavissati, satthāraṃ tiyāmarattiṃ amhākaṃ dhammakathaṃ kathāpessāma, iti tīhi ratanehi paribhuttaṃ, mayaṃ pacchā paribhuñjissāma, evaṃ no dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya bhavissatī"ti sanniṭṭhānaṃ katvā upasaṅkamiṃsu.

Yena santhāgāraṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃsūti taṃdivasaṃ kira santhāgāraṃ kiñcāpi rājakulānaṃ dassanatthāya devavimānaṃ viya susajjitaṃ hoti supaṭijaggitaṃ, buddhārahaṃ pana katvā apaññattaṃ. Buddhā hi nāma araññajjhāsayā araññārāmā antogāme vaseyyuṃ vā no vā, tasmā bhagavato manaṃ jānitvāva paññāpessāmāti cintetvā tena bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamiṃsu. Idāni pana manaṃ labhitvā paññāpetukāmā yena santhāgāraṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃsu.

Sabbasanthariṃ santhāgāraṃ santharāpetvāti yathā sabbameva santhataṃ hoti, evantaṃ santharāpetvā. Sabbapaṭhamaṃ tāva "gomayannāma sabbamaṅgalesu vaṭṭatī"ti sudhāparikammakataṃpi bhūmiṃ allagomayena opuñchāpetvā parisuddhabhāvaṃ ñatvā yathā akkantaṭṭhāne padaṃ na paññāyati, evaṃ catujātigandhehi limpetvā, upari nānāvaṇṇe kaṭasārake santharitvā tesaṃ upari mahāpiṭṭhikakojavake ādiṃ katvā hatthattharakaassattharakasīhattharakabyagghattharakacandattharakasuriyattharakacittattharakādīhi nānāvaṇṇehi attharaṇehi santharitabbayuttakaṃ sabbokāsaṃ santharāpesuṃ. Tena vuttaṃ "sabbasanthariṃ santhāgāraṃ santharāpetvā"ti.

Āsanāni paññāpetvāti majjhaṭṭhāne tāva maṅgalatthambhaṃ nissāya mahārahaṃ buddhāsanaṃ paññāpetvā tattha yaṃ yaṃ mudukañca manoramañca paccattharaṇaṃ, taṃ taṃ paccattharitvā bhagavato lohitakaṃ manuññadassanaṃ upadhānaṃ upadahitvā upari suvaṇṇarajatatārakavicittaṃ vitānaṃ bandhitvā gandhadāmapupphadāmapattadāmādīhi paccattharaṇehi alaṅkaritvā samantā dvādasahatthe ṭhāne pupphajālaṃ karitvā