@ 5-5 cha.Ma. eke sutaṃ "maṅgalan"ti vadanti, eke mutaṃ "maṅgalan"ti vadanti
Atha sakko devānamindo "sammāsambuddho kattha vasatī"ti pucchi, "manussaloke devā"ti āhaṃsu. "taṃ bhagavantaṃ koci pucchī"ti āha. Na koci devāti. Kinnu kho nāma tumhe mārisā aggiṃ chaḍḍetvā khajjopanakaṃ ujjāletha, ye anavasesamaṅgaladesakaṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ atikkamitvā maṃ pucchitabbaṃ maññatha, āgacchatha mārisā, taṃ bhagavantaṃ pucchāma, addhā sassirikaṃ pañhābyākaraṇaṃ labhissāmāti ekaṃ devaputtaṃ āṇāpesi "tvaṃ bhagavantaṃ pucchā"ti. So devaputto taṃkhaṇānurūpena alaṅkārena attānaṃ alaṅkaritvā vijjuriva vijjotamāno devagaṇaparivuto jetavanamahāvihāraṃ āgantvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ ṭhatvā maṅgalapañhaṃ pucchanto gāthāya ajjhabhāsi. Bhagavā tassa taṃ pañhaṃ vissajjento imaṃ suttamabhāsi.
Tattha evamme sutantiādīnamattho saṅkhepato kasibhāradvājasuttavaṇṇanāyaṃ vutto. Vitthāraṃ pana icchantehi papañcasūdaniyā majjhimaṭṭhakathāyaṃ vuttanayena gahetabbo. Kasibhāradvājasutte ca "magadhesu viharati dakkhiṇāgirismiṃ ekanāḷāyaṃ brāhmaṇagāme"ti vuttaṃ, idha "sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme"ti. Tasmā "sāvatthiyan"ti imaṃ padaṃ ādiṃ katvā idha apubbapadavaṇṇanaṃ karissāma.
Seyyathidaṃ? sāvatthiyanti evaṃnāmake nagare. Taṃ kira savatthassa nāma Isino nivāsanaṭṭhānaṃ ahosi. Tasmā yathā kusambassa nivāso kosambī, kākaṇḍassa nivāso kākaṇḍīti, evaṃ itthiliṅgavasena "sāvatthī"ti vuccati. Porāṇā pana vaṇṇayanti:- yasmā tasmiṃ ṭhāne satthasamāyoge "kiṃ bhaṇḍamatthī"ti pucchite "sabbamatthī"ti āhaṃsu, tasmā taṃ vacanamupādāya "sāvatthī"ti vuccati.