"māvoca pharusaṃ kañcīti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto koṇḍadhānattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.
Tassa kira pabbajitadivasato paṭṭhāya ekaṃ itthīrūpaṃ therena saddhiṃ vicarati. Taṃ thero na passati, mahājano pana passati. Antogāmaṃ piṇḍāya caratopissa manussā ekaṃ bhikkhaṃ datvā "bhante ayaṃ tumhākaṃ hotu, ayaṃ pana tumhākaṃ sahāyikāyāti vatvā dutiyampi denti.
"kiṃ tassa pubbakammanti. Kassapabuddhakāle kira dve sahāyakā bhikkhū ekamātukucchito nikkhantasadisā ativiya samaggā ahesuṃ. Dīghāyukabuddhakāle ca anusaṃvaccharaṃ vā anucchamāsaṃ vā bhikkhū uposathatthāya sannipatanti; tasmā tepi "uposathaggaṃ gamissāmāti vasanaṭṭhānā nikkhamiṃsu. Te ekā tāvatiṃsabhavane nibbattadevatā disvā "ime bhikkhū ativiya samaggā, sakkā nukho ime bhinditunti cintetvā attano bālatāya cintitasamanantarameva āgantvā, tesu ekena "āvuso muhuttaṃ āgamehi, sarīrakiccenamhi atthikoti vutte, [sā devatā] ekaṃ manussitthīvaṇṇaṃ māpetvā therassa gacchantaraṃ pavisitvā nikkhamanakāle ekena hatthena kesakalāpaṃ ekena nivāsanaṃ saṇṭhāpayamānā tassa piṭṭhito nikkhami. So taṃ na passati. Taṃ āgamayamāno pana purato ṭhitabhikkhu nivattitvā olokayamāno taṃ tathā katvā nikkhamantaṃ passi. Sā tena diṭṭhabhāvaṃ ñatvā antaradhāyi. Itaro taṃ bhikkhuṃ attano santikaṃ āgatakāle āha "āvuso sīlaṃ te bhinnanti. "natthāvuso mayhaṃ evarūpanti. "idāneva te mayā pacchato nikkhamamānā taruṇitthī idannāma karontī diṭṭhā, tvaṃ `natthi mayhaṃ evarūpanti vadesīti. So asaniyā matthake avatthaṭo viya "mā maṃ āvuso nāsehi, nattheva mayhaṃ evarūpanti. Itaro "mayā sāmaṃ akkhīhi diṭṭhaṃ, kiṃ tava saddahissāmīti daṇḍako viya bhijjitvā pakkāmi, uposathaggepi "nāhaṃ iminā saddhiṃ uposathaṃ karissāmīti nisīdi. Itaro "mayhaṃ bhante sīle tilamattaṃpi kāḷakaṃ natthīti bhikkhūnaṃ kathesi. Sopi "mayā sāmaṃ diṭṭhanti āha. Devatā taṃ tena saddhiṃ uposathaṃ kātuṃ anicchantaṃ disvā "bhāriyaṃ me kammaṃ katanti cintetvā "bhante mayhaṃ ayyassa sīlabhedo natthi, mayā pana vīmaṃsanavasenetaṃ kataṃ, karotha tena saddhiṃ uposathanti āha. So tassā ākāse ṭhatvā kathentiyā saddahitvā uposathaṃ akāsi, na pana there pubbe viya muducitto ahosi. Ettakaṃ devatāya pubbakammaṃ.