Arahatte pana tena adhigate satthā bhaddiyaseṭṭhiṃ āmantesi "tava putto alaṅkatapaṭiyatto dhammaṃ suṇanto arahatte patiṭṭhāsi, tenassa idāneva pabbajituṃ yuttaṃ, no ce pabbajati, parinibbāyissatī"ti. Seṭṭhī "na mayhaṃ puttassa daharasseva sato parinibbānena kiccaṃ atthi, pabbājetha nan"ti āha. Taṃ satthā pabbājetvā upasampādetvā tattha sattāhaṃ vasitvā koṭigāmaṃ pāpuṇi, so ca gāmo gaṅgātīre. Koṭigāmavāsino buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa mahādānaṃ pavattesuṃ. Bhaddajitthero satthārā anumodanāya āraddhamattāya bahigāmaṃ gantvā "gaṅgātīre maggasamīpe satthu āgatakāle vuṭṭhahissāmī"ti samāpattiṃ samāpajjitvā nisīdi. Mahātheresu āgacchantesupi avuṭṭhahitvā satthu āgatakāleyeva vuṭṭhahi. Puthujjanabhikkhū "ayaṃ adhunā pabbajito mahātheresu āgacchantesu mānatthaddho hutvā na vuṭṭhāsī"ti ujjhāyiṃsu. Koṭigāmavāsino satthu bhikkhusaṃghassa ca bahū nāvāsaṅghāṭe bandhiṃsu, satthā "handassa ānubhāvaṃ pakāsemī"ti nāvāsaṅghāṭe ṭhatvā "kahaṃ bhaddajī"ti pucchi. Bhaddajitthero "esohaṃ bhante"ti satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā añjaliṃ katvā aṭṭhāsi. Satthā "ehi bhaddaji, amhehi saddhiṃ ekanāvaṃ abhiruhā"ti. So uppatitvā satthu ṭhitanāvāyaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Satthā gaṅgāmajjhaṃ gatakāle "bhaddaji tayā mahāpanādarājakāle ajjhāvuṭṭharatanapāsādo kahan"ti āha. Imasmiṃ ṭhāne nimuggoti. Tenahi bhaddaji sabrahmacārīnaṃ kaṅkhaṃ chindāti. Tasmiṃ khaṇe thero satthāraṃ vanditvā iddhibalena gantvā pāsādathūpikaṃ pādaṅgulantarena sannirumbhitvā pañcavīsatiyojanaṃ pāsādaṃ gahetvā ākāse uppati, uppatanto ca paññāsa yojanāni pāsādaṃ udakato ukkhipi. Athassa purimabhave ñātakā pāsādagatena lobhena macchakacchapamaṇḍūkā hutvā tasmiṃ

Satthā te patante disvā "ñātakā te bhaddaji kilamantī"ti āha. Thero satthu vacanena pāsādaṃ vissajjesi. Pāsādo yathāṭhāneeva patiṭṭhahi. Satthā pāraṅgato bhikkhūhi "kadā bhante bhaddajittherena ayaṃ pāsādo ajjhāvuṭṭho"ti puṭṭho mahāpanādajātakaṃ kathetvā mahājanaṃ dhammāmataṃ pāyesi. Thero pana attano ajjhāvuṭṭhapubbaṃ suvaṇṇapāsādaṃ dassetvā:-