@2 Sī. ekūnatiṃsatime 3 Sī. kanthakaṃ 4 Ma.,ka. kāsāvāni

@5 Ma. magadharañño 6 cha.Ma. sottiyena Dhammadesanāyācanaṃ paṭiggahetvā tattha viharantassa ekādasame divase "sve āsāḷhapuṇṇamā bhavissatī"ti paccūsasamaye "kassa nu kho ahaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyan"ti āḷārudakānaṃ kālakatabhāvaṃ ñatvā dhammadesanatthāya pañcavaggiyānaṃ olokanaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Sīhassa gocaratthāya tiyojanaṃ gamanakālo viya attano pattacīvaramādāya "pañcavaggiyānaṃ dhammacakkaṃ pavattessāmī"ti pacchābhatte ajapālanigrodhato vuṭṭhitassa aṭṭhārasayojanamaggaṃ gamanakālo.

Sīhanādakālo viya tathāgatassa aṭṭhārasayojanamaggaṃ gantvā pañcavaggiye saññāpetvā acalapallaṅke nisinnassa dasahi cakkavāḷasahassehi sannipatitena devagaṇena parivutassa "dveme bhikkhave antā pabbajitena na sevitabbā"tiādinā nayena dhammacakkappavattanakālo veditabbo. Imasmiñca pana pade desiyamāne tathāgatasīhassa dhammaghoso heṭṭhā avīciṃ upari bhavaggaṃ gahetvā dasasahassīlokadhātuṃ paṭicchādesi. Sīhassa saddena khuddakapāṇānaṃ santāsaṃ āpajjanakālo viya tathāgatassa tīṇi lakkhaṇāni dīpetvā cattāri saccāni soḷasahākārehi saṭṭhiyā ca nayasahassehi vibhajitvā dhammaṃ kathentassa dīghāyukadevatānaṃ ñāṇasantāsassa uppattikālo veditabbo.

Yadāti yasmiṃ kāle. Tathāgatoti aṭṭhahi kāraṇehi bhagavā tathāgato:- tathā āgatoti tathāgato, tathā gatoti tathāgato, tathalakkhaṇaṃ āgatoti tathāgato, tathadhamme yāthāvato abhisambuddhoti tathāgato, tathadassitāya tathāgato, tathāvāditāya tathāgato, tathākāritāya tathāgato. Abhibhavanaṭṭhena tathāgatoti. Tesaṃ vitthāro brahmajālavaṇṇanāyampi mūlapariyāyavaṇṇanāyampi vuttoyeva. Loketi sattaloke. Uppajjatīti abhinīhārato paṭṭhāya yāva bodhipallaṅkā vā arahattamaggañāṇā