Tato bhikkhusaṃghassa uposathāgāraṃ pavisanavelāya so bhikkhu taṃ bhikkhuṃ uposathagge sañjānitvā "imasmiṃ uposathagge evarūpo nāma pāpabhikkhu atthi, nāhaṃ tena saddhiṃ uposathaṃ karissāmī"ti nikkhamitvā bahi aṭṭhāsi. Bhummadevatā "bhāriyaṃ mayā kammaṃ katan"ti mahallakaupāsakavaṇṇena tassa santikaṃ gantvā "kasmā bhante ayyo imasmiṃ ṭhāne ṭhito"ti āha. Upāsaka imaṃ uposathaggaṃ eko pāpabhikkhu paviṭṭho, ahaṃ tena saddhiṃ uposathaṃ na karomīti vatvā nikkhamitvā bahi ṭhitomhīti. Bhante mā evaṃ gaṇhatha, parisuddhasīlo esa bhikkhu. Tumhehi diṭṭhamātugāmo nāma

Ko pana tvaṃ sappurisāti. Ahaṃ ekā bhummadevatā bhanteti. Devaputto kathentova dibbānubhāvena ṭhatvā therassa pādesu nipatitvā "mayhaṃ bhante khamatha, etaṃ dosaṃ thero na jānāti, uposathaṃ karothā"ti theraṃ yācitvā uposathaggaṃ pavesesi. So thero uposathaṃ tāva ekaṭṭhāne akāsi, mittasanthavavasena na puna tena saddhiṃ ekaṭṭhāne ahosīti. Imassa therassa kammaṃ na kathitaṃ, cuditakatthero pana aparāparaṃ vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.

Bhummadevatā tassa kammassa nissandena ekabuddhantaraṃ apāyabhayato na muccati. Sace pana kālena kālaṃ manussattaṃ āgacchati, aññena yena kenaci kato doso tasseva upari patati. So amhākaṃ bhagavato kāle sāvatthiyaṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbatti, dhānamāṇavotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So vayappatto tayo vede uggaṇhitvā mahallakakāle satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbaji, tassa upasampannadivasato paṭṭhāya ekā alaṅkatapaṭiyattā itthī tasmiṃ gāmaṃ pavisante saddhiṃyeva gāmaṃ pavisati, nikkhamante nikkhamati. Vihāraṃ pavisantepi pavisati, tiṭṭhantepi tiṭṭhatīti evaṃ niccānubaddhā paññāyati. Thero taṃ na passati, tassa pana purimakammassa nissandena sā aññesaṃ upaṭṭhāti.