So aparabhāge gharāvāse patiṭṭhito pitu accayena seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. Tena samayena satthā bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto cārikaṃ caranto hatthigāmaṃ patvā nāgabhavanuyyāne viharati, tadā ayaṃ uggataseṭṭhī sattāhaṃ pānamadamatto hutvā nāṭakehi parivuto nāgabhavanuyyānaṃ gantvā paricārayamāno dasabalaṃ disvā balavahirottappaṃ paccupaṭṭhāpesi. Athassa satthāraṃ upasaṅkamantassa sabbo surāmado abbhaṭṭhaṃ agamāsi. So satthāraṃ

Athassa satthā dhammaṃ desesi. Desanāpariyosāne tīṇi maggaphalāni paṭivijjhi. Tato paṭṭhāya nāṭakā "tumhe yathāsukhaṃ gacchathā"ti vissajjetvā dānābhirato hutvā bhikkhusaṃghassa dānameva deti. Devatā rattibhāgasamanantare āgantvā seṭṭhissa ārocesi "gahapati asuko bhikkhu tevijjo, asuko bhikkhu chaḷabhiñño, asuko sīlavā, asuko dussīlo"ti. So tāya vacanaṃ sutvāpi guṇaṃ tāva yathābhūtato jānāti, deyyadhammaṃ pana samacitteneva deti. Satthu santike nisīditvāpi tameva guṇaṃ katheti. Aparabhāge satthā jetavane nisīditvā taṃ gahapatiṃ saṃghupaṭṭhākānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesīti.

Sūrambaṭṭhavatthu

[255] Aṭṭhame aveccappasannānanti avigacchanasabhāvena acalena pasādena samannāgatānaṃ sūro ambaṭṭho aggoti dasseti. Ayaṃ kira padumuttarabuddhakāle haṃsavatiyaṃ kulagehe nibbatto satthu dhammakathaṃ sutvā satthāraṃ ekaṃ upāsakaṃ aveccappasannānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā adhikārakammaṃ katvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ paṭṭhesi. So kappasatasahassaṃ devamanussesu saṃsaritvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ seṭṭhikule nibbatti, sūrambaṭṭhotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu.