So amhākaṃ satthu kāle sāvatthiyaṃ mahābhogakule nibbatti, bhaddiyotissa nāmaṃ ahosi. Atirassatāya pana lakuṇṭakabhaddiyoti paññāyittha. So satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā bahussuto dhammakathiko hutvā madhurena sarena paresaṃ dhammaṃ kathesi. Athekasmiṃ ussavadivase ekena brāhmaṇena saddhiṃ rathena gacchantī aññatarā gaṇikā theraṃ disvā dantavidaṃsakaṃ hasi. Thero tassā dantaṭṭhike nimittaṃ gahetvā jhānaṃ uppādetvā taṃ pādakaṃ katvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā anāgāmī ahosi, so abhiṇhaṃ kāyagatāya satiyā viharanto ekadivasaṃ āyasmatā dhammasenāpatinā ovadiyamāno arahatte patiṭṭhahi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 2-:-

"padumuttaro nāma jino sabbadhammāna pāragū

ito satasahassamhi loke uppajji nāyako.