Saradatāpasopi antevāsikattherānaṃ santikaṃ gantvā sahāyakassa sirivaḍḍha- kuṭumbikassa sāsanaṃ pesesi "bhante mama sahāyakassa vadetha `sahāyakena te saradatāpasena anomadassissa buddhassa pādamūle anāgate uppajjanakassa gotamassa buddhassa sāsane aggasāvakaṭṭhānaṃ paṭṭhitaṃ, tvañca dutiyasāvakaṭṭhānaṃ paṭṭhehī"ti. Evañca pana vatvā therehi puretarameva ekamuhuttena gantvā sirivaḍḍhassa nivesanadvāre aṭṭhāsi.
Sirivaḍḍho "cirassaṃ vata me ayyo āgato"ti āsane nisīdāpetvā attanā nīcatare āsane nisinno "antevāsikaparisā pana te bhante na paññāyatī"ti pucchi. Āma samma amhākaṃ assame anomadassī buddho āgato, mayaṃ tassa attano balena sakkāraṃ akarimhā. Satthā sabbesaṃ dhammaṃ desesi, desanāpariyosāne ṭhapetvā maṃ sesā arahattaṃ patvā pabbajiṃsūti. Tumhe kasmā na pabbajitthāti. Ahaṃ satthu aggasāvakaṃ nisabhattheraṃ disvā anāgate uppajjanakassa gotamassa nāma buddhassa sāsane aggasāvakaṭṭhānaṃ paṭṭhesiṃ, tvampi tassa sāsane dutiyasāvakaṭṭhānaṃ paṭṭhehīti. Mayhaṃ buddhehi saddhiṃ paricayo natthi bhanteti. Buddhehi saddhiṃ kathanaṃ mayhaṃ bhāro hotu, tvaṃ mahantaṃ adhikāraṃ sajjehīti.
Sirivaḍḍho tassa vacanaṃ sutvā attano nivesane ṭhāne rājadaṇḍena aṭṭhakarīsamattaṃ ṭhānaṃ samatalaṃ kāretvā vālukaṃ okirāpetvā lājapañcamāni pupphāni vikiritvā nīluppalacchadanaṃ maṇḍapaṃ kāretvā buddhāsanaṃ paññāpetvā sesabhikkhūnampi āsanāni paṭiyādetvā mahantaṃ sakkārasammānaṃ sajjetvā buddhānaṃ nimantanatthāya saradatāpasassa saññaṃ adāsi. Tāpaso tassa vacanaṃ sutvā buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṃghaṃ gahetvā tassa nivesanaṃ agamāsi. Sirivaḍḍho paccuggamanaṃ katvā tathāgatassa hatthato pattaṃ gahetvā maṇḍapaṃ pavesetvā paññattāsane nisinnassa buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa