Tasmiṃ antare mahānisabhatthero piṇḍāya caranto tameva vīthiṃ paṭipajji. Upāsako disvā uṭṭhāya gantvā theraṃ vanditvā "pattaṃ bhante dethā"ti āha. Thero pattaṃ adāsi. Bhante idheva pavisatha, satthāpi gehe nisinnoti. Na vaṭṭati upāsakāti. Upāsako therassa pattaṃ gahetvā piṇḍapātassa pūretvā nīharitvā adāsi. Tato theraṃ anugantvā nivattitvā satthu santike nisīditvā evamāha "bhante mahānisabhatthero `satthā gehe nisinno'ti vuttopi pavisituṃ na icchi, atthi nu kho etassa tumhākaṃ guṇehi atireko guṇo"ti. Buddhānaṃ ca vaṇṇamaccharaṃ nāma natthi. Atha satthā evamāha "upāsaka mayaṃ bhikkhaṃ āgamayamānā gehe nisīdāma, na so bhikkhu evaṃ gehe nisīditvā bhikkhaṃ udikkhati. Mayaṃ gāmantasenāsane vasāma, so araññasmiṃyeva vasati. Mayaṃ channe vasāma, so abbhokāsamhiyeva vasati. Iti tassa ayañca ayañca guṇo"ti mahāsamuddaṃ pūrayamāno viya kathesi. Upāsako pakatiyāpi jalamānadīpo telena āsitto viya suṭṭhutaraṃ pasanno hutvā cintesi "kiṃ mayhaṃ aññāya sampattiyā, anāgate ekassa buddhassa santike dhutavādānaṃ aggabhāvatthāya paṭṭhanaṃ karissāmī"ti.
Sopi puna satthāraṃ nimantetvā teneva niyāmena sattadivasāni mahādānaṃ datvā sattame divase buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa ticīvarāni datvā satthu pādamūle nipajjitvā evamāha "yaṃ me bhante sattadivasāni mahādānaṃ dentassa mettaṃ
@5 Sī.,i. jalamānadīpe tele āsitte viya 6 cha.Ma.,i. mahābhikkhusaṃghassa Kāyakammaṃ mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ mettaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ, imināhaṃ na aññaṃ devasampattiṃ vā sakkamārabrahmasampattiṃ vā paṭṭhemi, idampana me kammaṃ anāgate ekassa buddhassa santike etassa mahānisabhattherena pattaṃ ṭhānantaraṃ pāpuṇanatthāya terasadhutaṅgadharānaṃ aggabhāvassa paccayo hotū"ti. Satthā "mahantañca ṭhānantaraṃ iminā paṭṭhitaṃ, samijjhissati nu kho, no"ti olokento samijjhanabhāvaṃ disvā āha "tayā mahaggaṭṭhānaṃ paṭṭhitaṃ, anāgate satasahassakappāvasāne gotamo nāma buddho uppajjissati, tassa tvaṃ tatiyasāvako mahākassapatthero nāma bhavissasī"ti. Taṃ sutvā upāsako "buddhānaṃ dve kathā nāma natthī"ti punadivase pattabbaṃ viya taṃ sampattiṃ amaññittha. So yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā nānappakāraṃ dānaṃ datvā sīlaṃ rakkhitvā nānappakāraṃ kusalakammaṃ katvā tattha kālaṃ katvā sagge nibbatto.