Evaṃ pabbajitesu tesu dvīsu sahāyakesu āyasmā sāriputto aḍḍhamāsena sāvakapāramiñāṇaṃ sacchākāsi. So yadā assajittherena saddhiṃ ekavihāre vasati, tadā bhagavato upaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā anantaraṃ therassa upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchati "pubbācariyome ayamāyasmā, etamahaṃ nissāya bhagavato sāsanaṃ aññāsin"ti gāravena. Yadā pana assajittherena saddhiṃ ekavihāre na vasati, tadā yassaṃ disāyaṃ thero vasati, taṃ disaṃ oloketvā pañcaṅgapatiṭṭhitena vanditvā añjaliṃ paggayha namassati. Taṃ disvā keci bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ "sāriputto aggasāvako hutvā disaṃ namassati, ajjāpi maññe brāhmaṇadiṭṭhi appahīnā"ti. Atha bhagavā dibbāya sotadhātuyā taṃ kathāsallāpaṃ sutvā paññattapavarabuddhāsane nisinnaṃyeva attānaṃ dassento bhikkhū āmantesi "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnā"ti. Te taṃ pavattiṃ ācikkhiṃsu. Tato bhagavā "na bhikkhave sāriputto disaṃ namassati, yaṃ nissāya sāsanaṃ aññāsi, taṃ attano ācariyaṃ vandati namassati sammāneti, ācariyapūjako bhikkhave sāriputto"ti vatvā tattha sannipatitānaṃ dhammadesanatthaṃ imaṃ suttamabhāsi.

Tattha yasmā hi dhammaṃ puriso vijaññāti yato puggalā piṭakattayappabhedaṃ pariyattidhammaṃ vā, pariyattidhammaṃ vā, pariyattiṃ sutvā adhigantabbaṃ navalokuttarap- pabhedaṃ paṭivedhadhammaṃ vā puriso vijaññā jāneyya vedeyya. "yassā"tipi pāṭho, soevattho. Indaṃva naṃ devatā pūjayeyyāti yathā sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ dvīsu devalokesu devatā pūjenti, evaṃ so puggalo taṃ puggalaṃ kālasseva vuṭṭhāya upāhanāomuñcanādiṃ sabbaṃ vattapaṭipattaṃ karonto pūjeyya sakkareyya garukareyya. Kiṃkāraṇaṃ? so pūjito .pe. Pātukaroti dhammaṃ, so ācariyo evaṃ pūjito tasmiṃ antevāsimhi pasannacitto pariyattipaṭivedhavasena bahussuto desanāvaseneva pariyattidhammañca desanaṃ sutvā yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipattiyā adhigantabbaṃ paṭivedhadhammañca pātukaroti deseti, desanāya vā pariyattidhammaṃ, upamāvasena attanā adhigatapaṭivedhadhammaṃ pātukaroti.