Āraddhavīriyeti paggahitavīriye. Pahitatteti nibbānaṃ pesitacitte. Niccaṃ daḷhaparakkameti apattassa pattiyā pattassa vepullatthāya phalasamāpattatthāya ca sabbakālaṃ thiraparakkame. Samaggeti sīladiṭṭhisāmaññena saṃhatabhāvena samagge. Satthudesanāya savanante jātattā sāvake, "ime maggaṭṭhā ime phalaṭṭhā"ti yāthāvato passati. Esā buddhāna vandanāti yā satthu dhammasarīrabhūtassa ariyasāvakānaṃ ariyabhāvabhūtassa ca lokuttaradhammassa attapaccakkhakiriyā, esā sammāsambuddhānaṃ sāvakabuddhānañca vandanā yāthāvato guṇaninnatā.
"bahūnaṃ vata atthāyā"ti osānagāthāyapi satthu lokassa bahūpakārataṃyeva vibhāveti. Yaṃ panettha atthato na vibhattaṃ, taṃ suviññeyyameva.
Athekadā mahāpajāpatigotamī satthari vesāliyaṃ viharante mahāvane kūṭāgāra- sālāyaṃ sayaṃ vesāliyaṃ bhikkhunupassaye viharantī pubbaṇhasamayaṃ vesāliyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā attano divāṭṭhāne yathāparicchinnakālaṃ phalasamāpattisukhena vītināmetvā phalasamāpattito vuṭṭhāya attano paṭipattiṃ paccavekkhitvā somanassajātā attano āyusaṅkhāre āvajjentī tesaṃ khīṇabhāvaṃ ñatvā evaṃ cintesi "yannūnāhaṃ vihāraṃ gantvā bhagavantaṃ anujānāpetvā attano manobhāvanīye ca there sabbeva sabrahmacariye āpucchitvā idheva āgantvā parinibbāyeyyan"ti. Yathā ca theriyā, evaṃ tassā parivārabhūtānaṃ pañcannampi bhikkhunisatānaṃ parivitakko ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 3-:-
"ekadā lokapajjoto vesāliyaṃ mahāvane