@4 cha.Ma.paññattavarabuddhāsanato 5 cha.Ma. ahampi naṃ 6 cha.Ma. karissati Bhikkhū imaṃ upasaṅkamitabbaṃ vacanañcassa sotabbaṃ saddhātabbaṃ maññissanti, taṃ tesaṃ bhavissati dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyā"ti dhammathomanatthaṃ pavisanto evaṃ cintesi yathā dhammadāyādasutte cintesi. Tatra hissa evaṃ ahosi "mayi vihāraṃ paviṭṭhe āmisadāyādaṃ garahanto dhammadāyādañca thomento imissaṃyeva parisati nisinno sāriputto dhammaṃ desessati, evaṃ dvinnampi amhākaṃ ekajjhāsayāya matiyā desitā ayaṃ desanā aggā ca garukā ca bhavissati pāsāṇacchattasadisā"ti.

Idha pana āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ ukkaṃsetvā pakāsetvā ṭhapetukāmo puggalathomanatthaṃ uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ pāvisi. Īdisesu ṭhānesu bhagavā nisinnāsaneyeva antarahito cittagatiyā vihāraṃ pavisatīti veditabbo. Yadi hi kāyagatiyā gaccheyya, sabbā parisā bhagavantaṃ parivāretvā gaccheyya, sā ekavāraṃ bhinnā puna dussannipātā bhaveyyāti bhagavā adissamānena kāyena cittagatiyā eva pāvisi.

Evaṃ paviṭṭhe pana bhagavati bhagavato adhippāyānurūpameva sīhanādaṃ naditukāmo tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto acirapakkantassa bhagavato bhikkhū āmantesi. Pubbe appaṭisaṃviditanti idaṃ nāma pucchissatīti pubbe mayā aviditaṃ aññātaṃ. Paṭhamaṃ pañhanti "sace taṃ sāriputta evaṃ puccheyyuṃ kathaṃ jānatā pana tayā āvuso sāriputta kathaṃ passatā aññā byākatā khīṇā jātī"ti imaṃ paṭhamaṃ pañhaṃ. Dandhāyitattanti satthu āsayajānanatthaṃ dandhabhāvo asīghatā. Paṭhamaṃ pañhaṃ anumodīti "jāti panāvuso sāriputta kiṃnidānā"ti imaṃ dutiyaṃ pañhaṃ pucchanto "yaṃnidānāvuso jātī"ti evaṃ vissajjitaṃ paṭhamaṃ pañhaṃ anumodi.