Atha sātāgiro "sahāyaṃ gahetvā tena sahāgamma dhammadesanaṃ sossāmī"ti assayānahatthiyānagaruḷayānādīni māpetvā pañcahi yakkhasatehi parivuto himavantābhimukho pāyāsi. Tadā hemavatopi yasmā paṭisandhijātiabhinikkhamanabodhi- parinibbānesveva dvattiṃsa pubbanimittāni hutvāva pativigacchanti, na ciraṭṭhitikāni honti, dhammacakkappavattane pana tāni savisesāni hutvā cirataraṃ ṭhatvā nirujjhanti, tasmā himavati taṃ acchariyapātubhāvaṃ "yato ahaṃ jāto, na kadāci ayaṃ pabbato evaṃ abhirāmo bhūtapubbo, handa dāni mama sahāyaṃ gahetvā āgamma tena saha imaṃ pupphasiriṃ anubhavissāmī"ti tatheva majjhimadesābhimukho āgacchati. Te ubhopi rājagahassa upari samāgantvā aññamaññassa āgamanakāraṇaṃ pucchiṃsu. Hemavato āha "yato ahaṃ mārisa jāto, nāyaṃ pabbato evaṃ akālakusumitehi rukkhehi abhirāmo bhūtapubbo, tasmā etaṃ pupphasiriṃ tayā saddhiṃ anubhavissāmīti āgatomhī"ti. Sātāgiro āha "jānāsi pana tvaṃ mārisa yena kāraṇena imaṃ akālapupphapāṭihāriyaṃ jātan"ti. Na jānāmi mārisāti. Imaṃ mārisa pāṭihāriyaṃ na kevalaṃ himavanteyeva, apica kho pana dasasahassilokadhātūsu nibbattaṃ, sammāsambuddho loke uppanno, ajja dhammacakkaṃ pavattesi, tena kāraṇenāti. Evaṃ sātāgiro hemavatassa buddhuppādaṃ kathetvā taṃ bhagavato santikaṃ ānetukāmo imaṃ gāthamāha. Keci pana gotamake cetiye viharante bhagavati ayamevamāhāti bhaṇanti "ajja pannaraso"ti.

[153] Tattha ajjāti ayaṃ rattindivo pakkhagaṇanato pannaraso, upavasitabbato uposatho. Tīsu vā uposathesu ajja pannaraso uposatho, na cātuddasī uposatho, na sāmaggīuposatho. Yasmā vā pātimokkhuddesaaṭṭhaṅgaupavāsapaññattidivasādīsu sambahulesu atthesu uposathasaddo pavattati. "āyāmāvuso kappina uposathaṃ

Tasmā anavasesatthaṃ paṭikkhipitvā āsāḷhīpuṇṇamadivasaṃyeva niyāmento āha "ajja pannaraso uposatho"ti. Pāṭipado dutiyoti evaṃ gaṇiyamāne ajja pannaraso divasoti attho.