Heṭṭhāotaraṇakālato khippataraṃ jetavanaṃ sampāpesi. Te ubhopi satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā kālaṃ ārocesuṃ. Satthā bhattaggaṃ pavisitvā paññattabuddhāsane nisīdi saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghena. Mahāseṭṭhī buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dakkhiṇodakaṃ adāsi. Bhariyā tathāgatassa patte pūvaṃ patiṭṭhāpesi. Mahāseṭṭhīpi bhariyāya saddhiṃ yāvadatthaṃ pūvaṃ khādi. Pūvānaṃ pariyosānameva na paññāyati. Sakalavihāre bhikkhūnañca vighāsādānañca dinnesupi, pariyanto na paññāyateva. "bhante pūvā parikkhayaṃ na gacchantīti bhagavato ārocesuṃ. "tenahi jetavanadvārakoṭṭhake chaḍḍethāti āha. Te dvārakoṭṭhakassa avidūre pabbhāraṭṭhāne chaḍḍayiṃsu. Ajjāpi taṃ ṭhānaṃ "kapallapūvapabbhārantveva paññāyati. Mahāseṭṭhī saha bhariyāya bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Bhagavā anumodanaṃ akāsi. Anumodanāvasāne ubhopi sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāya satthāraṃ vanditvā dvārakoṭṭhake sopāṇaṃ āruyha attano pāsādeyeva patiṭṭhahiṃsu. Tato paṭṭhāya seṭṭhī asītikoṭidhanaṃ buddhasāsaneyeva vikkiri.

Punadivase sāyaṇhasamaye dhammasabhāyaṃ sannipatitā bhikkhū "passathāvuso mahāmoggallānattherassa ānubhāvaṃ, anupahacca nāma saddhaṃ anupahacca bhoge macchariseṭṭhiṃ muhuttena damitvā nibbisevanaṃ katvā pūve gāhāpetvā jetavanaṃ ānetvā satthu sammukhaṃ katvā sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāpesi, aho mahānubhāvo theroti therassa guṇakathaṃ kathentā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā dibbāya sotadhātuyā bhikkhūnaṃ kathaṃ sutvā Āgantvā "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā, "imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave kuladamakena nāma bhikkhunā anupahacca saddhaṃ anupahacca bhoge kulaṃ akilametvā aviheṭhetvā pupphato reṇuṃ gaṇhantena bhamarena viya upasaṅkamitvā buddhaguṇaṃ jānāpetabbaṃ, tādiso mama putto moggallānoti theraṃ pasaṃsitvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṃ vaṇṇagandhaṃ aheṭhayaṃ