Atha bhagavā pavattitapavaradhammacakko anupubbena rājagahaṃ āgantvā veḷuvane viharati kalandakanivāpe. Sabhiyo pana buddhuppādaṃ na jānāti. Athassa

@3 cha.Ma.,i. niyyātesuṃ 4 cha.Ma. aññattha So suddhāvāsabrahmā samāpattito vuṭṭhāya "imāhaṃ visesaṃ kassānubhāvena patto"ti āvajjento kassapassa bhagavato sāsane samaṇadhammakiriyaṃ te ca sahāye anussaritvā "tesu eko parinibbuto, eko idāni katthā"ti āvajjanto "devalokā cavitvā jambudīpe uppanno buddhuppādampi ca na jānātī"ti ñatvā "handa naṃ buddhupasevanāya niyojemī"ti vīsati pañhe abhisaṅkharitvā rattibhāge tassa assamaṃ āgamma ākāse ṭhatvā "sabhiya sabhiyā"ti pakkosi, so niddāyamāno tikkhattuṃ taṃ saddaṃ sutvā nikkhamma obhāsaṃ disvā pañjaliko aṭṭhāsi. Tato taṃ brahmā āha "ahaṃ sabhiya tavatthāya vīsati pañhe āhariṃ, te tvaṃ uggaṇha. Yo ca te samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ime pañhe puṭṭho byākaroti, tassa santike brahmacariyaṃ careyyāsī"ti. Imaṃ devaputtaṃ sandhāyetaṃ vuttaṃ "purāṇasālohitāya devatāya pañhā uddiṭṭhā hontī"ti uddiṭṭhāti uddesamatteneva vuttā, na vibhaṅgena.

Evaṃ vutte ca ne sabhiyo ekavacaneneva padapaṭipāṭiyā uggahesi. Atha kho brahmā jānantopi tassa buddhuppādaṃ nācikkhi. "atthaṃ gavesamāno paribbājako sayameva satthāraṃ ñassati, ito bahiddhā ca samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ tucchabhāvan"ti iminā panādhippāyena evamāha "yo te sabhiya .pe. Careyyāsī"ti. Theragāthāsu pana catukkanipāte sabhiyattherāpadānaṃ vaṇṇentā bhaṇanti "sā cassa mātā attano vippaṭipattiṃ cintetvā taṃ jigucchamānā jhānaṃ uppādetvā brahmaloke uppannā, tāya brahmadevatāya te pañhā uddiṭṭhā"ti.