Nevāsikatthero āgantukānaṃ pattacīvarāni paṭisāmento antogabbheyeva divasabhāgaṃ vītināmeti. Divā kathiko uṭṭhito sarabhāṇako ghaṭena udakaṃ vamanto viya sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇitvā uṭṭhito, tampi so na jānāti. Rattikathiko sāgaraṃ khobhento viya rattiṃ kathetvā uṭṭhito, tampi so na jānāti. Paccūsakathiko kathetvā uṭṭhāsi, tampi so na jānāti. Pāto pana uṭṭhāya mukhaṃ dhovitvā therānaṃ pattacīvarāni upanāmetvā bhikkhācāraṃ upagacchanto mahātheraṃ āha "bhante divā kathiko kataraṃ jātakaṃ nāma kathesi, sarabhāṇako kataraṃ suttaṃ nāma bhaṇi, rattikathiko kataraṃ dhammakathaṃ nāma kathesi, paccūsakathiko kataraṃ jātakaṃ nāma kathesi, khandhā nāma kati, dhātuyo nāma kati, āyatanaṃ nāma katī"ti. Evarūpo ekaṃ dve saṃvaccharāni atikkamitvā bhikkhudassanañceva dhammassavanañca labhantopi oghe

So evaṃ saṃghadassanato ca dhammassavanato ca paṭikkamma dūre vasanto ariyamaggaṃ otaritvā samādhikulle nisinno nibbānasāgaraṃ pāpuṇituṃ na sakkoti. (6)

Majjhe gaṅgāya dīpake jāto mudurukkho viya madhurasarabhāṇakapuggalo veditabbo. So hi abhiññātāni abhiññātāni vessantarādīni jātakāni uggaṇhitvā dullabhabhikkhudassanaṃ paccantaṃ gantvā tattha dhammakathāya pasāditahadayena janena upaṭṭhiyamāno attānaṃ uddissa kate sampannapupphaphalarukkhe nandanavanābhirāme vihāre vasati. Athassa bhārahārabhikkhū taṃ pavattiṃ sutvā "asuko kira evaṃ upaṭṭhākesu paṭibaddhacitto viharati, paṇḍito bhikkhu paṭibalo buddhavacanaṃ vā uggaṇhituṃ, kammaṭṭhānaṃ vā manasikātuṃ, ānetvā tena saddhiṃ asukattherassa santike dhammaṃ uggaṇhissāma, asukattherassa santike kammaṭṭhānan"ti tattha gacchanti.

So tesaṃ vattaṃ katvā sāyanhasamayaṃ vihāracārikaṃ nikkhantehi tehi "imaṃ āvuso cetiyaṃ tayā kāritan"ti puṭṭho "āma bhante"ti vadati. Ayaṃ bodhi, ayaṃ maṇḍapo, idaṃ uposathāgāraṃ, esā aggisālā, ayaṃ caṅkamo tayā kārito, ime rukkhe ropāpetvā tayā nandanavanābhirāmo vihāro kāritoti. Āma bhanteti.