rājadhānī, tasmā kuvero mahārājā `vessavaṇo'ti pavuccatī"ti. Sesamettha pākaṭameva.

Tattha siyā:- kasmā pana dūratare tāvatiṃsabhavane vasanto erāvaṇo paṭhamaṃ āgato, vessavaṇo pacchā, ekanagareva vasanto ayaṃ upāsako sabbapacchā, kathañca so tesaṃ āgamanaṃ aññāsi, yena evamāhāti? vuccate:- vessavaṇo kira tadā anekasahassapavāḷapallaṅkaṃ dvādasayojanaṃ nārīvāhanaṃ abhiruyha pavāḷakuntaṃ uccāretvā dasasahassakoṭiyakkhehi parivuto "bhagavantaṃ pañhaṃ pucchissāmī"ti ākāsaṭṭhakavimānāni pariharitvā maggena maggaṃ āgacchanto veḷukaṇḍakanagare nandamātāya upāsikāya nivesanassa uparibhāgaṃ sampatto. Upāsikāya ca ayamānubhāvo:- parisuddhasīlā hoti, niccaṃ vikālabhojanā paṭiviratā, piṭakattayadhārinī, anāgāmiphale patiṭṭhitā. Sā tamhi samaye sīhapañjaraṃ ugghāṭetvā utuggahaṇatthāya māluteritokāse ṭhatvā aṭṭhakapārāyanavagge parimaṇḍalehi padabyañjanehi madhurena sarena bhāsati. Vessavaṇo tattheva yānāni ṭhapetvā yāva upāsikā "idamavoca bhagavā magadhesu viharanto pāsāṇake cetiye paricārakasoḷasannaṃ brāhmaṇānan"ti nigamanaṃ abhāsi, tāva sabbaṃ sutvā vaggapariyosāne suvaṇṇamudiṅgasadisaṃ mahākhandhaṃ paggahetvā "sādhu sādhu bhaginī"ti sādhukāramakāsi. Sā "ko etthā"ti āha. Ahaṃ bhagini vessavaṇoti. Upāsikā kira paṭhamaṃ sotāpannā ahosi, pacchā vessavaṇo. Taṃ so dhammato sahodarabhāvaṃ sandhāya upāsikaṃ bhaginivādena samudācarati. Upāsikāya ca

@3 cha.Ma.,i. suvaṇṇamurajasadisaṃ 4 cha.Ma. mahantaṃ gīvaṃ, i. mahakkhandhaṃ