Atha so aparena samayena sulasaṃ uyyānagataṃ disvā sañjātakāmarāgo andhakāraṃ māpetvā taṃ attano bhavanaṃ netvā sattāhaṃ tāya saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappesi, attānañcassā ārocesi. Tassā mātā taṃ apassantī rodamānā ito cito ca paribbhamati, taṃ disvā mahājano "ayyo mahāmoggallāno mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo

Sā "sādhu ayyo"ti theraṃ upasaṅkamitvā tamatthaṃ pucchi. Thero "ito sattame divase veḷuvanamahāvihāre bhagavati dhammaṃ desente parisapariyante passissasī"ti āha. Atha sulasā taṃ devaputtaṃ avoca "ayuttaṃ mayhaṃ tava bhavane vasantiyā, ajja sattamo divaso, mama mātā maṃ apassantī paridevasokasamāpannā bhavissati, sādhu maṃ deva tattheva nehī"ti. So taṃ netvā veḷuvane bhagavati dhammaṃ desente parisapariyante ṭhapetvā adissamānarūpo aṭṭhāsi.

Tato mahājano sulasaṃ disvā evamāha "amma sulase tvaṃ ettakaṃ divasaṃ kuhiṃ gatā, tava mātā tvaṃ apassantī paridevasokasamāpannā ummādapattā viya jātā"ti. Sā taṃ pavattiṃ mahājanassa ācikkhi. Mahājanena ca "kathaṃ so puriso tathāpāpapasuto akatakusalo devūpapattiṃ paṭilabhatī"ti vutte sulasā "mayā dāpite modake pānīyañca ayyassa mahāmoggallānattherassa datvā tena puññena devūpapattiṃ paṭilabhatī"ti āha. Taṃ sutvā mahājano acchariyabbhutacittajāto ahosi, "arahanto nāma anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassa, yesu appakopi kato kāro sattānaṃ devūpapattiṃ āvahatī"ti uḷāraṃ pītisomanassaṃ paṭisaṃvedesi. Bhikkhū tamatthaṃ bhagavato ārocesuṃ. Tato bhagavā imissā aṭṭhuppattiyā:-

[1] "khettūpamā arahanto dāyakā kassakūpamā