Athetasmiṃ antare āyasmā mahāmoggallāno dibbena cakkhunā olokento tassa byasanapattiṃ disvā karuṇāya sañcoditamānaso "ayaṃ puriso akatapuñño

@4 Ma. tassa taṃ pavattiṃ Katapāpo, tenāyaṃ niraye nibbattissati, mayi pana gate modake ca pānīyañca datvā bhummadevesu uppajjissati, yannūnāhaṃ imassa avassayo bhaveyyan"ti cintetvā pānīyamodakesu upanīyamānesu tassa purisassa purato pāturahosi. So theraṃ disvā pasannamānaso "kiṃ me idāneva imehi māriyamānassa modakehi khāditehi, idaṃ pana paralokaṃ gacchantassa pātheyyaṃ bhavissatī"ti cintetvā modake ca pānīyañca therassa dāpesi. Thero tassa pasādasaṃvaḍḍhanatthaṃ tassa passantasseva tathārūpe ṭhāne nisīditvā modake paribhuñjitvā pānīyañca pivitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi. So pana puriso coraghātakehi āghātanaṃ netvā sīsacchedaṃ pāpito anuttare puññakkhette mahāmoggallānatthere katena puññena uḷāre devaloke nibbattanārahopi yasmā "sulasaṃ āgamma mayā ayaṃ deyyadhammo laddho"ti sulasāya gatena sinehena maraṇakāle cittaṃ upakkiliṭṭhaṃ ahosi, tasmā hīnakāyaṃ upapajjanto pabbatagahanasambhūte sandacchāye mahānigrodharukkhe rukkhadevatā hutvā nibbatti.

So kira sace paṭhamavaye kulavaṃsaṭṭhapane ussukkaṃ akarissa, tasmiṃyeva nagare seṭṭhīnaṃ aggo abhavissa. Majjhimavaye majjhimo, pacchimavaye pacchimo. Sace pana paṭhamavaye pabbajito abhavissa, arahā abhavissa, majjhimavaye sakadāgāmī anāgāmī vā abhavissa, pacchimavaye sotāpanno abhavissa. Pāpamittasaṃsaggena pana itthidhutto surādhutto duccaritanirato anādariko hutvā anukkamena sabbasampattito parihāyitvā mahābyasanaṃ pattoti vadanti.