Paṭisambhidā catasso .pe. kataṃ buddhassa sāsanan"ti.

Atha naṃ satthā aparabhāge jetavanamahāvihāre bhikkhusaṃghamajjhe paññatta- varabuddhāsane nisinno paṭhamaṃ paṭividdhadhammabhāvaṃ dīpento "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ rattaññūnaṃ yadidaṃ aññākoṇḍañño"ti etadagge ṭhapesi. So dvīhi aggasāvakehi attani kariyamānaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ gāmantasenāsane ākiṇṇa- vihārañca pariharitukāmo vivekābhiratiyā viharitukāmo ca attano santikaṃ upagatānaṃ gahaṭṭhapabbajitānaṃ paṭisanthārakaraṇampi papañcaṃ maññamāno satthāraṃ āpucchitvā himavantaṃ pavisitvā chaddantehi nāgehi upaṭṭhiyamāno chaddantadahatīre dvādasa vassāni vasi. Evaṃ tattha vasantaṃ theraṃ ekadivasaṃ sakko devarājā upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā ṭhito evamāha "sādhu me bhante ayyo dhammaṃ desetū"ti. Thero tassa catusaccagabbhaṃ tilakkhaṇāhataṃ suññatapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ nānānayavicittaṃ amatogadhaṃ buddhalīlāya dhammaṃ desesi. Taṃ sutvā sakko attano pasādaṃ pavedento:-

[673] "esa bhiyyo pasīdāmi sutvā dhammaṃ mahārasaṃ

virāgo desito dhammo anupādāya sabbaso"ti paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha.