Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ "coraghātako pañcapaṇṇāsa vassāni kakkhaḷakammaṃ katvā ajjeva tato mutto ajjeva therassa bhikkhaṃ datvā ajjeva kālakato, kahaṃ nu kho Nibbattoti. Satthā āgantvā "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā, "imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave tusitapure so nibbattoti āha. "kiṃ bhante vadetha, ettakaṃ kālaṃ ettake manusse ghātetvā tusitavimāne nibbattoti. "āma bhikkhave, mahanto tena kalyāṇamitto laddho, so sārīputtassa dhammadesanaṃ sutvā anulomañāṇaṃ nibbattetvā ito cuto tusitavimāne nibbattoti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"subhāsitaṃ suṇitvāna nagare coraghātako

anulomakhantiṃ laddhāna modati tidivaṅgatoti.

"bhante anumodanākathā nāma na balavā 1-, tena kataṃ akusalakammaṃ mahantaṃ, kathaṃ tattakena visesaṃ nibbattesīti. Satthā "bhikkhave mayā desitadhammassa `appaṃ vā bahuṃ vāti mā pamāṇaṃ gaṇhatha, ekavācāpi hi atthanissitā seyyoevāti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha