Taṃdivasaṃ satthā paccūsakāle lokaṃ volokento taṃ attano ñāṇajālassa anto paviṭṭhaṃ disvā "kiṃ nu kho bhavissatīti āvajjanto "sve seṭṭhiputto `sippaṃ dassessāmīti vaṃsamatthake ṭhassati, tassa dassanatthaṃ mahājano sannipatissati, tattha ahaṃ catuppadikaṃ gāthaṃ desissāmi; taṃ sutvā caturāsītiyā pāṇasahassānaṃ dhammābhisamayo bhavissati, uggasenopi arahatte patiṭṭhahissatīti

Aññāsi. So punadivase kālaṃ sallakkhetvā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Uggasenopi, satthari antonagaraṃ appaviṭṭheyeva, unnādanatthāya mahājanassa aṅgulīsaññaṃ datvā vaṃsamatthake patiṭṭhāya ākāseyeva satta vāre parivattitvā oruyha vaṃsamatthake aṭṭhāsi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe satthā nagaraṃ pavisanto, yathā taṃ parisā na olokesi, evaṃ katvā attānameva olokāpesi. Uggaseno parisaṃ oloketvā "na maṃ parisā oloketīti domanassappatto "idaṃ mayā saṃvacchare kattabbaṃ sippaṃ, satthari ca nagaraṃ pavisante, parisā maṃ anoloketvā satthārameva oloketi; moghaṃ vata me sippadassanaṃ jātanti cintesi. Satthā tassa cittaṃ ñatvā mahāmoggallānaṃ āmantetvā "gaccha moggallāna seṭṭhiputtaṃ vadehi `sippaṃ kira dassetūti āha. Thero gantvā vaṃsassa heṭṭhā ṭhitova seṭṭhiputtaṃ āmantetvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"iṅgha passa naṭaputta uggasena mahabbala

karohi rāgaṃ parisāya hāsayassu mahājananti.