@4 cha.Ma.,i. nisinnāsanaṃ Vicarāma, ayampana puriso tumhehi mahantataro paññāyatī"ti. Tātā kiṃ vadetha, sāsapena saddhiṃ saṭṭhiyojanasatasahassubbdheṃ sineruṃ samaṃ kātuṃ icchatha, sabbaññubuddhena saddhiṃ mayhaṃ upamaṃ mā karittha puttakāti. Atha te tāpasā "sace ayaṃ itarasatto abhavissa, na amhākaṃ ācariyo evarūpaṃ upamaṃ āhareyya, yāva mahā vatāyaṃ puriso"ti sabbeva pādesu patitvā sirasā vandiṃsu.
Atha ne ācariyo āha "tātā amhākaṃ buddhānaṃ anucchaviko deyyadhammo natthi, satthā bhikkhācāravelāya idhāgato, mayaṃ yathābalaṃ deyyadhammaṃ dassāma, tumhe mayhaṃ yaṃ yaṃ paṇītaṃ phalāphalaṃ taṃ taṃ āharathā"ti āharāpetvā hatthe dhovitvā sayaṃ tathāgatassa patte patiṭṭhapesi. Satthārā phalāphale paṭiggahitamatte devatā dibbojaṃ pakkhipiṃsu. Tāpaso udakampi sayameva parissāvetvā adāsi. Tato bhattakiccaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā nisinne satthari sabbe antevāsike pakkosāpetvā satthu santike sārāṇīyaṃ kathaṃ kathento nisīdi. Satthā "dve aggasāvakā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ āgacchantū"ti cintesi. Te satthu cittaṃ ñatvā satasahassakhīṇāsavaparivārā āgantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.
Tato saradatāpaso antevāsike āmantesi "tātā buddhānaṃ nisinnāsanampi nīcaṃ, samaṇasatasahassānampi āsanaṃ natthi, tumhehi ajja uḷāraṃ buddhasakkāraṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, pabbatapādato vaṇṇagandhasampannāni pupphāni āharathā"ti. Kathitakālo papañco viya hoti, iddhimantānampana visayo acinteyyoti muhuttamatteneva te tāpasā vaṇṇagandhasampannāni pupphāni āharitvā buddhānaṃ yojanappamāṇaṃ pupphāsanaṃ paññāpesuṃ, ubhinnaṃ aggasāvakānaṃ tigāvutaṃ, sesabhikkhūnaṃ aḍḍhayojanikādibhedaṃ, saṃghanavakassa usabhamattaṃ ahosi. Evaṃ paññattesu āsanesu saradatāpaso tathāgatassa purato añjaliṃ paggahetvā ṭhito "bhante mayhaṃ dīgharattaṃ hitasukhatthāya imaṃ pupphāsanaṃ abhiruhathā"ti āha.