@ākārassa rassattaṃ. ñassa dvittaṃ natthi. Niṭṭhāpetvā satthu santikaṃ agamāsi. Satthā bhikkhū pahiṇi. Te gantvā tattha nisīdiṃsu. Dārakampi pīṭhakāya nipajjāpesuṃ. Bhikkhū satta rattindivā nirantaraṃ parittaṃ bhaṇiṃsu. Sattame divase sayaṃ satthā āgacchi. Tasmiṃ gate 2-, sabbacakkavāḷe devatā sannipatiṃsu. Eko pana avaruddhako yakkho dvādasa saṃvaccharāni vessavaṇaṃ upaṭṭhahitvā tassa santikā varaṃ labhanto "ito sattame divase imaṃ dārakaṃ gaṇheyyāsīti labhi; tasmā sopi āgantvā aṭṭhāsi. Satthari pana tattha gate, mahesakkhāsu devatāsu sannipatitāsu, appesakkhā devatā osakkitvā okāsaṃ alabhamānā dvādasa yojanāni paṭikkamiṃsu. Avaruddhakopi tatheva paṭikkanto aṭṭhāsi. Satthāpi sabbarattiṃ parittamakāsi. Sattāhe vītivatte, avaruddhako dārakaṃ na labhi. Aṭṭhame pana divase aruṇe uggatamatteyeva, dārakaṃ ānetvā satthāraṃ vandāpesuṃ. Satthā "dīghāyuko hohīti āha. "kīvaciraṃ pana bho gotama dārako ṭhassatīti. "vīsavassasataṃ brāhmaṇāti. Athassa "āyuvaḍḍhanakumāroti nāmaṃ kariṃsu. So vuḍḍhimanvāya pañcahi upāsakasatehi parivuto vicari.

Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ "passathāvuso, āyuvaḍḍhanakumārena kira sattame divase maritabbaṃ abhavissa, so idāni [vīsavassasataṭṭhāyī hutvā] pañcahi upāsakasatehi parivuto vicarati; atthi maññe imesaṃ sattānaṃ āyuvaḍḍhanakāraṇanti. Satthā āgantvā "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti

Pucchitvā, "imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave na kevalaṃ āyuvaḍḍhanameva, ime pana sattā guṇavanto vandantā catūhi kāraṇehi vaḍḍhanti, parissayato muccanti, yāvatāyukameva tiṭṭhantīti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha