Atha sāvakānaṃ patthanā kittakaṃ vaṭṭatīti? dvinnaṃ aggasāvakānaṃ ekaṃ asaṅkhyeyyāni kappasatasahassañca, asītimahāsāvakānaṃ kappasatasahassaṃ, tathā buddhassa mātāpitūnaṃ upaṭṭhākassa puttassa cāti. Tato oraṃ na sakkā. Vuttanayamevettha kāraṇaṃ. Imesaṃ pana sabbesampi adhikāro chandatāti dvaṅgasampannoyeva abhinīhāro hoti.

Evaṃ imāya patthanāya iminā ca abhinīhārena yathāvuttappabhedaṃ kālaṃ pāramiyo pūretvā buddhā loke uppajjantā khattiyakule vā brāhmaṇakule vā uppajjanti, paccekabuddhā khattiyabrāhmaṇagahapatikulānaṃ aññatarasmiṃ, aggasāvakā pana khattiyabrāhmaṇakulesveva buddhā iva. Sabbabuddhā saṃvaṭṭamāne kappe na uppajjanti, vivaṭṭamāne kappe uppajjanti. Paccekabuddhā buddhe appatvā buddhānaṃ uppajjanakāleyeva uppajjanti. Buddhā sayañca bujjhanti, pare ca bodhenti, paccekabuddhā sayameva bujjhanti, na pare bodhenti. Attharasameva paṭivijjhanti, na dhammarasaṃ, na dhammarasaṃ. Na hi te lokuttaradhammaṃ paññattiṃ āropetvā desetuṃ sakkonti, mūgena diṭṭhasupino viya vanacarakena nagare sāyitabyañjanaraso viya ca nesaṃ dhammābhisamayo hoti. Sabbaṃ iddhisamāpatti- paṭisambhidāpabhedaṃ pāpuṇanti, guṇavisiṭṭhatāya buddhānaṃ heṭṭhā sāvakānaṃ upari honti, aññe pabbājetvā ābhisamācārikaṃ sikkhāpenti, "cittasallekho kātabbo, vosānaṃ nāpajjitabban"ti iminā uddesena uposathaṃ karonti, ajjuposathoti vacanamattena vā. Uposathaṃ karontā ca gandhamādane mañjūsakarukkhamūle ratanamāḷe sannipatitvā karontīti. Evaṃ bhagavā āyasmato ānandassa paccekabuddhānaṃ sabbākāraparipūraṃ patthanañca abhinīhārañca kathetvā idāni imāya patthanāya iminā ca abhinīhārena samudāgate te te paccekabuddhe kathetuṃ "sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍan"tiādinā nayena imaṃ khaggavisāṇasuttaṃ abhāsi. Ayaṃ tāva avisesena pucchāvasito khaggavisāṇasuttassa uppatti.