Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi ukkadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ .pe. Kataṃ buddhassa sāsanan"ti.

Arahā pana hutvā vimuttisukhena vītināmento satthārā bhikkhunīnaṃ ovāde āṇatto ekasmiṃ uposathadivase pañcabhikkhunisatāni ekovādeneva arahattaṃ pāpesi. Tena naṃ bhagavā bhikkhunovādakānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi. Athekadivasaṃ theraṃ sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya carantaṃ aññatarā purāṇadutiyikā itthī kilesavasena oloketvā hasi. Thero tassā taṃ kiriyaṃ disvā sarīrassa paṭikkūlavibhāvanamukhena dhammaṃ kathento:-

[279] "dhiratthu pūre duggandhe mārapakkhe avassute