Arahattamaggenevassa tepiṭakaṃ pañcābhiññā ca āgamiṃsu. Satthā ekena ūnehi pañcahi bhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ gantvā jīvakassa nivesane paññatte āsane nisīdi, cūḷapanthako pana attano bhikkhāya appaṭicchitattā eva na gato. Jīvako yāguṃ dātuṃ ārabhi, satthā pattaṃ hatthena pidahi. "kasmā bhante na gaṇhathā"ti vutte vihāre eko bhikkhu atthi jīvakāti. So purisaṃ pahiṇi "gaccha bhaṇe vihāre nisinnaṃ ayyaṃ gahetvā ehī"ti. Cūḷapanthakattheropi rūpena kiriyāya ca ekampi ekena asadisaṃ bhikkhusahassaṃ nimminitvā nisīdi. So puriso vihāre bhikkhūnaṃ bahubhāvaṃ disvā gantvā jīvakassa kathesi "imasmā bhikkhusaṃghā vihāre bhikkhusaṃgho bahutaro, pakkositabbaṃ ayyaṃ na jānāmī"ti. Jīvako satthāraṃ paṭipucchi "konāmo bhante
@3 i. cūḷapanthakatthero virūpakiriyāya Vihāre nisinno bhikkhū"ti. Cūḷapanthako nāma jīvakāti. Gaccha bhaṇe `cūḷapanthako nāma kataro'ti pucchitvā taṃ ānehīti. So vihāraṃ gantvā "cūḷapanthako nāma kataro bhante"ti pucchi. "ahaṃ cūḷapanthako, ahaṃ cūḷapanthako"ti ekapahāreneva bhikkhusahassampi kathesi. So punāgantvā taṃ pavattiṃ jīvakassa ārocesi. Jīvako paṭividdhasaccattā "iddhimā maññe ayyo"ti nayato ñatvā "gaccha bhaṇe paṭhamaṃ kathanakamayyameva `tumhe satthā pakkosatī'ti vatvā cīvarakaṇṇe gaṇhā"ti āha. So vihāraṃ gantvā tathā akāsi, tāvadeva nimmitabhikkhū antaradhāyiṃsu, so theraṃ gahetvā agamāsi.
Satthā tasmiṃ khaṇe yāguṃ ca khajjakādibhedañca paṭiggaṇhi. Dasabale bhattakiccaṃ katvā vihāraṃ gate dhammasabhāyaṃ kathā udapādi "aho buddhānaṃ ānubhāvo, yatra hi nāma cattāro māse ekagāthaṃ gahetuṃ asakkontampi lahukena khaṇeneva evaṃ mahiddhikaṃ akaṃsū"ti satthā tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ kathāsallāpaṃ sutvā āgantvā buddhāsane nisajja "kiṃ vadetha bhikkhave"ti pucchitvā "imaṃ nāma bhante"ti vutte "bhikkhave cūḷapanthakena idāni mayhaṃ ovāde ṭhatvā lokuttaradāyajjaṃ laddhaṃ, pubbe pana lokiyadāyajjan"ti vatvā tehi yācito cūḷaseṭṭhijātakaṃ kathesi. Aparabhāge taṃ satthā ariyagaṇaparivuto dhammāsane nisinno manomayaṃ kāyaṃ abhinimminantānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ceto- vivaṭṭakusalānañca aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi. So aparena samayena bhikkhūhi "tathā dandhadhātukena kathaṃ tayā saccāni paṭividdhānī"ti puṭṭho bhātu paṇāmanato paṭṭhāya attano paṭipattiṃ pakāsento:-