kīdiso payogo payuñjitabbo

kiṃ rasānaṃ aggan"ti.

So te pañhe gahetvā majjhimadesābhimukho pakkamitvā anupubbena sāvatthiṃ patvā jetavanaṃ paviṭṭho, bhagavāpi tasmiṃ samaye dhammadesanatthāya āsane nisinnoyeva hoti. So bhagavantaṃ disvā avanditvāva ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Bhagavā "kacci isi khamanīyan"tiādinā nayena sammodi, sopi "khamanīyaṃ bho gotamā"tiādinā nayena paṭisammoditvā "yadi buddho bhavissati, manasā pucchite pañhe vācāya vissajjessatī"ti manasā eva bhagavantaṃ te pañhe pucchi. Bhagavā brāhmaṇena puṭṭho ādipañhaṃ tāva vissajjetuṃ hirintarantanti ārabhitvā aḍḍhateyyagāthāyo āha.