Evaṃbhūtañca bhagavantaṃ antaravīthiyaṃ gacchantaṃ disvā "cirassaṃ vata me sammāsambuddho diṭṭho"ti haṭṭhatuṭṭho pañcavaṇṇāya pītiyā nirantaraṃ phuṭṭhasarīro pītivipphāritavivaṭaniccalalocano diṭṭhaṭṭhānato paṭṭhāya oṇatasarīro bhagavato sarīrappabhāvemajjhaṃ ajjhogāhetvā tattha nimmujjanto bhagavato samīpaṃ upasaṅkamitvā pañcapatiṭṭhitena vanditvā bhagavato pāde sambāhanto paricumbanto "desetu me bhante bhagavā dhamman"ti āha. Tena vuttaṃ "bhagavato pāde sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca `desetu me bhante bhagavā dhammaṃ, desetu sugato dhammaṃ, yaṃ mamassa dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyā"ti.

Tattha sugatoti sobhanagamanattā, sundaraṃ ṭhānaṃ gatattā, sammāgatattā, sammāgadattā sugto. Gamanampi hi gatanti vuccati, tañca bhagavato sobhanaṃ parisuddhaṃ anavajjaṃ. Kiṃ pana tanti? ariyamaggo. Tena hesa gamanena khemaṃ disaṃ asajjamāno gato, aññepi gametīti sobhanagamanattā sugato. Sundarañcesa ṭhānaṃ amataṃ nibbānaṃ gatoti sundaraṃ ṭhānaṃ gatattā sugato. Sammā ca gatattā sugato tena tena maggena pahīne kilese puna apaccāgamanato. Vuttañhetaṃ:-

"sotāpattimaggena ye kilesā pahīnā, te kilese na