@4 cha.Ma.,i. paṇṇena 5 Ma. bhattakuṭena 6 cha.Ma.,i. patiṭṭhapetvā Odhinā dibbapupphavassaṃ vassi, sayañca aññāhi devatāhi adhikatarena yasena samannāgato ahosi. So ekaṃ buddhantaraṃ devamanussesu saṃsaritvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde magadharaṭṭhe macchikāsaṇḍanagare seṭṭhikule nibbatti, jātakālevassa sakalanagare jaṇṇukamattena odhinā pañcakusumavassaṃ vassi. Athassa mātāpitaro "amhākaṃ putto attanāva attano nāmaṃ gahetvā āgato, jātadivasepi sakalanagaraṃ pañcavaṇṇehi pupphehi vicittaṃ jātan"ti cittakumārotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu.

So aparabhāge gharāvāse patiṭṭhito pitu accayena tasmiṃ nagare seṭṭhiṭaṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. Tasmiṃ samaye pañcavaggiyattherānaṃ antare mahānāmatthero nāma macchikāsaṇḍanagaraṃ agamāsi. Citto gahapati tassa iriyāpathe pasīditvā pattaṃ ādāya gehaṃ ānetvā piṇḍapātena paṭimānetvā katabhattakiccaṃ ambātakārāmaṃ nāma uyyānaṃ netvā tatthassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ kāretvā nibaddhaṃ attano gehe piṇḍapātaṃ gahetvā vasanatthāya paṭiññaṃ gaṇhi. Theropissa upanissayaṃ disvā dhammaṃ desento saḷāyatanavibhattimeva desesi. Citto gahapati purimabhave madditasaṅkhāratāya nacirasseva anāgāmiphalaṃ sampāpuṇi. Athekadivasaṃ isidattatthero tattha gantvā viharanto seṭṭhissa nivesane bhattakiccapariyosāne āyasmatā therena pañhaṃ vissajjetuṃ asakkontena ajjhiṭṭho upāsakassa pañhaṃ vissajjetvā tena pubbe gihisahāyakabhāve ñāte "na idāni idha vaṭṭhabban"ti yathāsukhaṃ pakkāmi. Punekadivasaṃ seṭṭhī gahapati mahānāmattheraṃ iddhipāṭihāriyakaraṇatthāya yāci. Sopi tassa tejosamāpattipāṭihāriyāni dassetvā "idāni idha vasituṃ na yuttan"ti yathāsukhaṃ pakkāmi.

Athekadivasaṃ dve aggasāvakā bhikkhusahassaparivārā ambātakārāmaṃ agamaṃsu. Seṭṭhī gahapati tesaṃ mahāsakkāraṃ sajjesi. Sudhammatthero taṃ apasādamāno seṭṭhiṃ tilasaṅgulikavādena khuṃsetvā tena paṇāmito satthu santikaṃ gantvā ovādaṃ labhitvā