@7 cha.Ma. paṭikkamante Sāmaṇero "kiṃ nu kho thero avelāya ekakova gacchati, jānissāmī"ti upajjhāyassa padānupadiko nikkhami. Thero anāvajjanena tassa āgamanaṃ ajānanto dakkhiṇadvārena cetiyaṅgaṇaṃ āruhi. Sāmaṇeropi anupadaṃyeva āruḷho.
Mahāthero mahācetiyaṃ ulloketvā buddhārammaṇapītiṃ gahetvā sabbaṃ cetasā samannāharitvā haṭṭhappahaṭṭho cetiyaṃ vandati. Sāmaṇero therassa vandanākāraṃ disvā "upajjhāyo me ativiya pasannacitto vandati, kiṃ nu kho pupphāni labhitvā pūjaṃ kareyyā"ti cintesi. Thero vanditvā uṭṭhāya sirasi añjaliṃ ṭhapetvā mahācetiyaṃ ulloketvā ṭhito. Sāmaṇero ukkāsitvā attano āgatabhāvaṃ jānāpesi. Thero parivattetvā olokento "kadā āgatosī"ti pucchi. Tumhākaṃ cetiyaṃ vandanakāle bhante, ativiya pasannā cetiyaṃ vandittha, kiṃ nu kho pupphāni labhitvā pūjeyyāthāti. Āma sāmaṇera imasmiṃ cetiye viya aññatra ettakaṃ dhātūnaṃ nidhānaṃ nāma natthi, evarūpaṃ asadisaṃ mahāthūpaṃ pupphāni labhitvā ko na pūjeyyāti. Tenahi bhante adhivāsetha, āharissāmīti tāvadeva jhānaṃ samāpajjitvā iddhiyā himavantaṃ gantvā vaṇṇagandhasampannapupphāni parissāvane pūretvā mahāthere dakkhiṇamukhato pacchimamukhaṃ asampatteyeva āgantvā pupphaparissāvanaṃ hatthe ṭhapetvā "pūjetha bhante"ti āha. Thero "atimandāni no sāmaṇera pupphānī"ti āha. Gacchatha bhante bhagavato guṇe āvajjitvā pūjethāti.
Thero pacchimamukhanissitena sopānena āruyha kucchivedikābhūmiyaṃ pupphapūjaṃ kātuṃ āraddho. Vedikābhūmiyaṃ paripuṇṇāni pupphāni patitvā dutiyabhūmiyaṃ jaṇṇuppamāṇena odhinā pūrayiṃsu. Tato otaritvā pādapiṭṭhikāpantiṃ pūresi. Sāpi paripūri. Paripuṇṇabhāvaṃ ñatvā heṭṭhimatale vikiranto agamāsi. Sabbaṃ cetiyaṅgaṇaṃ paripūri. Tasmiṃ paripuṇṇe "sāmaṇera pupphāni na khiyyantī"ti āha. Parissāvanaṃ bhante adhomukhaṃ karothāti. Adhomukhaṃ katvā cālesi, tadā pupphāni