Rājagahaṃ anuppatte bhagavati pacchābhattaṃ maṇḍalamāle sannipatitānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ayamantarā kathā udapādi "aho buddhassa bhagavato ānubhāvo, yaṃ uddissa gaṅgāya orato ca pārato ca aṭṭhayojano bhūmibhāgo ninnañca thalañca samaṃ katvā vālukāya okiritvā pupphehi sañchanno, yojanappamāṇaṃ gaṅgāya udakaṃ nānāvaṇṇehi padumehi sañchannaṃ, yāva akaniṭṭhabhavanāva chattātichattānī"ti.

Nisajja kho pana bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnā"ti. Bhikkhū sabbaṃ ārocesuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca "na bhikkhave ayaṃ pūjāviseso mayhaṃ buddhānubhāvena nibbatto, na nāgadevabrahmānubhāvena, apica kho pubbe appamattakapariccāgānubhāvena nibbatto"ti. Bhikkhū āhaṃsu "na mayaṃ bhante taṃ appamattakaṃ pariccāgaṃ jānāma, sādhu no bhagavā tathā kathetuṃ, yathā mayaṃ taṃ jāneyyāmā"ti.

Bhagavā āha:- bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave takkasilāyaṃ saṅkho nāma brāhmaṇo ahosi, tassa putto susīmo nāma māṇavo soḷasavassuddesiko vayena, so ekadivasaṃ pitaraṃ upasaṅkamitvā abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi, taṃ pitā āha "kiṃ tāta susīmā"ti. So āha "icchāmahaṃ tāta bārāṇasiṃ gantvā sippaṃ uggahetun"ti. "tena hi tāta susīma asuko nāma brāhmaṇo mama sahāyako, tassa santikaṃ gantvā uggaṇhāhī"ti kahāpaṇasahassaṃ adāsi. So taṃ gahetvā mātāpitaro abhivādetvā anupubbena bārāṇasiṃ gantvā upacārayuttena vidhinā ācariyaṃ upasaṅkamitvā abhivādetvā attānaṃ nivedesi. Ācariyo "mama sahāyakassa putto"ti māṇavaṃ sampaṭicchitvā sabbapāhuneyyamakāsi. So addhānakilamathaṃ paṭivinodetvā taṃ kahāpaṇasahassaṃ ācariyassa pādamūle ṭhapetvā sippaṃ uggahetuṃ okāsaṃ yāci, ācariyo okāsaṃ katvā uggaṇhāpesi.

So lahuñca gaṇhanto bahuñca gaṇhanto gahitagahitañca suvaṇṇabhājane pakkhittamiva sīhatelaṃ avinassamānaṃ dhārento dvādasavassikaṃ sippaṃ katipayamāseneva