Tena ca samayena bhattakiccaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā bhagavā gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭho hoti. So paṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ santikaṃ agamāsi. Te taṃ āhaṃsu "rājaputta kasmā āgatosī"ti. Bhagavantaṃ dassanāya, dassetha me bhagavantanti. "na mayaṃ rājaputta icchiticchitakkhaṇe satthāraṃ daṭṭhuṃ labhāmā"ti. Ko pana bhante labhatīti. Sumanatthero nāma rājaputtāti. So "kuhiṃ bhante thero"ti therassa nisinnaṭṭhānaṃ pucchitvā gantvā vantitvā "icchāmahaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ passituṃ, dassetha me bhagavantan"ti āha. Thero "ehi rājaputtā"ti taṃ gahetvā gandhakuṭipariveṇe ṭhapetvā gandhakuṭiṃ āruhi. Atha naṃ bhagavā "sumana kasmā āgatosī"ti āha. Rājaputto bhante bhagavantaṃ dassanāya āgatoti. Tenahi bhikkhu āsanaṃ paññāpehīti. Thero āsanaṃ paññāpesi. Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Rājaputto bhagavantaṃ vanditvā paṭisanthāraṃ akāsi "kadā āgatosi rājaputtā"ti. Bhante tumhesu gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭhesu, bhikkhū pana "mayaṃ icchiticchitakkhaṇe bhagavantaṃ daṭṭhuṃ na labhāmā"ti maṃ therassa santikaṃ pāhesuṃ, thero pana ekavacaneneva dassesi, thero bhante tumhākaṃ sāsane vallabho maññeti. Āma rājakumāra vallabho esa bhikkhu mayhaṃ sāsaneti. Bhante buddhānaṃ sāsane kiṃ katvā vallabho hotīti. Dānaṃ datvā sīlaṃ samādiyitvā uposathakammaṃ katvā kumārāti. Bhagavā ahaṃ thero viya buddhasāsane vallabho hotukāmo, temāsaṃ me vassāvāsaṃ adhivāsethāti. Bhagavā "atthi nu kho gatena attho"ti oloketvā "atthī"ti disvā
@3 tattha gatena, su.vi. 2/95/88 Gāre kho rājakumāra tathāgatā abhiramantī"ti āha. Kumāro "aññātaṃ bhagavā, aññātaṃ sugatā"ti vatvā "ahaṃ bhante purimataraṃ gantvā vihāraṃ kāremi, mayā pesite bhikkhusatasahassena saddhiṃ āgacchathā"ti paṭiññaṃ gahetvā pitu santikaṃ gantvā "dinnā me deva bhagavatā paṭiññā, mayā pahite bhagavantaṃ peseyyāthā"ti pitaraṃ vanditvā nikkhamitvā yojane yojane vihāraṃ karonto vīsayojanasataṃ addhānaṃ gato. Gantvā attano nagare vihāraṭṭhānaṃ vicinanto sobhaṇassa nāma kuṭumbikassa uyyānaṃ disvā satasahassena kīnitvā satasahassaṃ vissajjetvā vihāraṃ kāresi. Tattha bhagavato gandhakuṭiṃ sesabhikkhūnañca rattiṭṭhānadivāṭṭhānatthāya kuṭileṇamaṇḍape kāretvā pākāraparikkhepaṃ dvārakoṭṭhakañca niṭṭhāpetvā pitu santikaṃ pesesi "niṭṭhitaṃ mayhaṃ kiccaṃ, satthāraṃ pahiṇathā"ti.