Tasmiṃ ca khaṇe satthā mahānisabhattheraṃ nāma tatiyasāvakaṃ "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhutavādānaṃ, yadidaṃ nisabho"ti etadagge ṭhapesi. Upāsako taṃ sutvā pasanno dhammakathāvasāne mahājane uṭṭhāya gate satthāraṃ vanditvā "sve mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ adhivāsethā"ti nimantesi. Mahā kho upāsaka bhikkhusaṃghoti. Kittako bhanteti, aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassanti. Bhante ekaṃ sāmaṇerampi vihāre asesetvā mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ adhivāsethāti. Satthā adhivāsesi. Upāsako satthu adhivāsanaṃ viditvā gehaṃ gantvā mahādānaṃ sajjetvā punadivase satthu kālaṃ ārocāpesi. Satthā pattacīvaramādāya bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto upāsakassa gharaṃ gantvā paññattāsane nisinno dakkhiṇodakāvasāne yāguādīni sampaṭicchanto bhattavissaggaṃ akāsi. Upāsakopi satthu santike nisīdi.
Tasmiṃ antare mahānisabhatthero piṇḍāya caranto tameva vīthiṃ paṭipajji. Upāsako
Thero pattaṃ adāsi. Bhante idheva pavisatha, satthāpi gehe nisinnoti. Na vaṭṭissati upāsakāti. So therassava pattaṃ gahetvā piṇḍapātassa pūretvā adāsi. Tato theraṃ anugantvā nivatto satthu santike nisīditvā evamāha "mahānisabhatthero bhante `satthāpi gehe nisinno'ti vuttepi pavisituṃ na icchi, atthi nu kho etassa tumhākaṃ guṇehi atirekaguṇo "ti. Buddhānañca vaṇṇamaccheraṃ nāma natthi, tasmā satthā evamāha "upāsaka mayaṃ bhikkhaṃ āgamayamānā gehe nisīdāma, so pana bhikkhu na evaṃ nisīditvā bhikkhaṃ udikkhati, mayaṃ gāmantasenāsane vasāma, so arañañsmiṃyeva vasati, mayaṃ channe vasāma, so abbhokāseyeva vasatī"ti bhagavā "ayañca ayañcetassa guṇo"ti mahāsamuddaṃ pūrayamāno viya tassa guṇaṃ kathesi.
Upāsako pakatiyāpi jalamānapadīpo telena āsitto viya suṭṭhutaraṃ pasanno hutvā cintesi "kiṃ mayhaṃ aññāya sampattiyā, anāgate ekassa buddhassa santike dhutavādānaṃ aggabhāvatthāya patthanaṃ karissāmī"ti. So punapi satthāraṃ nimantetvā teneva niyāmena satta divase mahādānaṃ datvā sattame divase buddhappamukhassa mahābhikkhusaṃghassa ticīvarāni datvā satthu pādamūle nipajjitvā evamāha "yaṃ me bhante satta divase dānaṃ dentassa mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ mettaṃ manokammaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ, imināhaṃ na aññaṃ devasampattiṃ vā sakkamārabrahmasampattiṃ vā patthemi, idaṃ pana me kammaṃ anāgate ekassa buddhassa santike mahānisabhattherena pattaṭṭhānantaraṃ pāpuṇanatthāya terasadhutaṅgadharānaṃ aggabhāvassa adhikāro hotū"ti. Satthā "mahantaṃ ṭhānaṃ iminā patthitaṃ, samijjhissati nu kho, no"ti olokento samijjhanabhāvaṃ disvā āha "manāpaṃ te ṭhānaṃ patthitaṃ, anāgate satasahassakappāvasāne gotamo nāma buddho uppajjissati, tassa tvaṃ tatiyasāvako mahākassapatthero nāma