Tassapi taṃ saddaṃ dakkhiṇacakkavāḷamuddhani ṭhito assosi. Evaṃ tadā ime cattāro brahmāno parisaṃ thometvā ṭhitā ahesuṃ, mahābrahmāno ekacakkavāḷaṃ chādetvā aṭṭhaṃsu.

Atha bhagavā devaparisaṃ oloketvā bhikkhūnaṃ ārocesi "yepi te bhikkhave ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tesampi bhagavantānaṃ etapparamāyeva devatā sannipatitā ahesuṃ seyyathāpi mayhaṃ etarahi. Yepi te bhikkhave bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tesampi bhagavantānaṃ etapparamāyeva devatā sannipatitā bhavissanti seyyathāpi mayhaṃ etarahī"ti. Tato taṃ devaparisaṃ bhabbābhabbavasena dvidhā vibhaji "ettakā bhabbā, ettakā abhabbā"ti. Tattha "abhabbā parisā buddhasatepi dhammaṃ desente na bujjhati, bhabbā parisā sakkā bodhetun"ti ñatvā puna bhabbapuggale cariyavasena chadhā vibhaji "ettakā rāgacaritā, ettakā dosamohavitakkasaddhābuddhicaritā"ti. Evaṃ cariyavasena pariggahetvā "assā parisāya kīdisā dhammadesanā sappāyā"ti dhammakathaṃ vicinitvā puna taṃ parisaṃ manasākāsi "attajjhāsayena nu kho jāneyya, parajjhāsayena, aṭṭhuppattivasena, pucchāvasenā"ti. Tato "pucchāvasena jāneyyā"ti ñatvā "pañhaṃ pucchituṃ samattho atthi, natthī"ti puna sakalaparisaṃ āvajjetvā "natthi kocī"ti ñatvā "sace ahameva pucchitvā ahameva visajjeyyaṃ, imissā

Yannūnāhaṃ nimmitabuddhaṃ māpeyyanti pādakajjhānaṃ samāpajjitvā vuṭṭhāya manomayiddhiyā abhisaṅkharitvā nimmitabuddhaṃ māpesi. "sabbaṅgapaccaṅgalakkhaṇasampanno pattacīvaradharo ālokitavilokitādisampanno hotū"ti adhiṭṭhānacittena saha pāturahosi. So pācīnalokadhātuto āgantvā bhagavato samasame āsane nisinno evaṃ āgantvā yāni bhagavatā imasmiṃ samāgame cariyavasena cha suttāni kathitāni. Seyyathidaṃ? purābhedasuttaṃ kalahavivādasuttaṃ cūḷabyūhasuttaṃ tuvaṭakaṃ idameva sammāparibbājaniyanti. Tesu rāgacaritadevatānaṃ sappāyavasena kathetabbassa imassa suttassa pavattanatthaṃ pañhaṃ pucchanto "pucchāmi muniṃ pahūtapaññan"ti imaṃ gāthamāha.