@6 Sī.,i. dukkhaṃ Jalajathalajapupphāni āharathā"ti. Te tāvadeva pabbatapādato vaṇṇagandhasampannāni pupphāni iddhiyā āharitvā sāriputtattherassa vatthumhi vuttanayeneva āsanāni paññāpayiṃsu. Nirodhasamāpattisamāpajjanampi chattadhāraṇampi sabbaṃ vuttanayeneva veditabbaṃ.

Satthā sattame divase nirodhato vuṭṭhāya parivāretvā ṭhite tāpase disvā dhammakathikabhāve etadaggappattaṃ sāvakaṃ āmantesi "iminā bhikkhu isigaṇena mahāsakkāro kato, etesaṃ pupphāsanānumodanaṃ karohī"ti. So satthu vacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā tīṇi piṭakāni sammasitvā anumodanaṃ akāsi. Tassa desanāpariyosāne satthā sayaṃ brahmaghosaṃ nicchāretvā dhammaṃ desesi. Desanāpariyosāne ṭhapetvā gotamatāpasaṃ sesā aṭṭhārasa sahassajaṭilā arahattaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu.

Gotamo pana tenattabhāvena paṭivedhaṃ kātuṃ asakkonto bhagavantaṃ āha "bhagavā yena bhikkhunā paṭhamaṃ dhammo desito, ko nāmāyaṃ tumhākaṃ sāsane"ti. Ayaṃ gotama mayhaṃ sāsane dhammakathikānaṃ aggoti. "ahampi bhante imassa sattadivasāni katassa adhikārassa phalena ayaṃ bhikkhu viya anāgate ekassa buddhassa sāsane dhammakathikānaṃ aggo bhaveyyan"ti paṭṭhanaṃ katvā pādamūle nipajji.

Satthā anāgataṃ oloketvā anantarāyenassa paṭṭhanāya samijjhanabhāvaṃ ñatvā "anāgate kappasatasahassāvasāne gotamo nāma buddho uppajjissati, tvaṃ tassa sāsane dhammakathikānaṃ aggo bhavissasī"ti byākaritvā te arahattaṃ patte tāpase "etha bhikkhavo"ti āha. Sabbe antarahitakesamassū iddhimayapattacīvaradharā vassasatikattherasadisā ahesuṃ. Satthā bhikkhusaṃghamādāya vihāraṃ gato.