Na kevalañca nesaṃ satthā ettakaññeva dhammaṃ deseti. Apica kho upāsakā buddhānussatikammaṭṭhānannāma dhammānussatikammaṭṭhānannāma saṅghānussatikammaṭṭhānannāma sotāpattimaggaṃ deti sotāpattiphalaṃ deti sakadāgāmianāgāmiarahattamaggaṃ deti arahattaphalaṃ detīti evamādīhi nayehi dhammaṃ desetvā evarūpaṃ nāma saraṇaṃ bhindantehi ayuttaṃ tumhehi katanti āha. Etaṃ ca buddhānussatikammaṭṭhānādīnaṃ sotāpattimaggādippadānaṃ ekadhammo bhikkhave bhāvito bahulīkato ekantaṃ nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati katamo ekadhammo buddhānussatīti evamādīhi suttehi dīpetabbaṃ. Evañca pana bhagavā nānappakārehi upāsake ovaditvā upāsakā pubbepi manussā asaraṇaṃ saraṇanti Takkagāhena viruddhagāhena gahetvā amanussapariggahite kantāre yakkhabhakkhā hutvā mahāvināsappattā apaṇṇakagāhampana ekaṃsikagāhaṃ aviruddhagāhaṃ gahitamanussā tasmiṃyeva kantāre sotthibhāvaṃ pattāti vatvā tuṇhī ahosi. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ vanditvā abhitthavitvā sirasi añjaliṃ patiṭṭhapetvā evamāha bhante idāni tāva imesaṃ upāsakānaṃ uttamasaraṇaṃ bhinditvā takkagāhaṃ viruddhagāhaṃ saraṇagahaṇaṃ amhākaṃ pākaṭaṃ pubbe pana amanussapariggahite kantāre takkagāhaṃ gahitamanussānañca vināso apaṇṇakagāhaṃ gahitamanussānañca sotthibhāvo amhākaṃ paṭicchanno tumhākameva pākaṭo sādhu vata no bhagavā ākāse puṇṇacandaṃ uṭṭhāpento viya imaṃ kāraṇaṃ pākaṭaṃ karotūti. Atha bhagavā mayā kho gahapati aparimitakāle dasapāramiyo pūretvā lokassa kaṅkhacchedanatthameva sabbaññutañāṇaṃ paṭividdhaṃ sīhavasāya suvaṇṇapātiṃ pūrento viya sakkaccaṃ sotaṃ odahitvā suṇohīti seṭṭhino satuppādaṃ janetvā himagabbhaṃ padāletvā puṇṇacandaṃ nīharanto viya bhavantarenapi paṭicchannakāraṇaṃ pākaṭaṃ akāsi.

Atīte kāsikaraṭṭhe bārāṇasīnagare brahmadatto nāma rājā ahosi. Tadā bodhisatto satthavāhakule paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā anupubbena vayappatto pañcahi sakaṭasatehi vaṇijjaṃ karonto vicarati. So kadāci pubbantato aparantaṃ gacchati kadāci aparantato Pubbantaṃ āgacchati. Bārāṇasiyaṃyeva hi aññopi satthavāhaputto atthi. So bālo abyatto anupāyakusalo ahosi. Tadā bodhisatto bārāṇasito mahagghabhaṇḍaṃ gahetvā pañcasakaṭasatāni pūretvā gamanasajjāni katvā ṭhapesi. Sopi bālasatthavāhaputto tatheva pañcasakaṭasatāni pūretvā gamanasajjāni katvā ṭhapesi. Bodhisatto cintesi sace ayaṃ bālasatthavāhaputto mayā saddhiṃyeva gamissati sakaṭasahasse ekato gacchante maggopi nappahossati manussānaṃ dārūdakādīnipi balibaddānaṃ tiṇānipi dullabhāni bhavissanti etena vā mayā vā purato gantuṃ vaṭṭatīti. So taṃ pakkosāpetvā tamatthaṃ ārocetvā dvīhi amhehi ekato gantuṃ na sakkā kiṃ tvaṃ purato gamissasi udāhu pacchatoti āha. So cintesi mayi purato gacchante bahū ānisaṃsā maggena abhinneneva gamissāmi goṇā anāmaṭṭhatiṇaṃ khādissanti manussānaṃ anāmaṭṭhasūpeyyaṃ paṇṇaṃ bhavissati pasannaṃ udakaṃ bhavissati yathāruciṃ gacchamāno agghaṃ ṭhapetvā bhaṇḍaṃ vikkiṇissāmīti. So ahaṃ samma purato gamissāmīti āha. Bodhisatto pacchato gamane bahū ānisaṃse addasa. Evaṃ assa ahosi ete purato gacchantā magge visamaṭṭhānaṃ samaṃ karissanti ahaṃ tehi gatamaggena gamissāmi purato gacchantehi balibaddehi pariṇatathaddhatiṇe khādite mama goṇā puna uṭṭhitāni madhuratiṇāni khādissanti gahitapaṇṇaṭṭhānato uṭṭhitaṃ manussānaṃ sūpeyyaṃ paṇṇaṃ madhuraṃ bhavissati nirudakaṭṭhāne āvāṭaṃ Khaṇitvā ete udakaṃ uppādessanti parehi katesu āvāṭesu mayaṃ udakaṃ pivissāma bhaṇḍagghaṭṭhapanaṃ nāma manussānaṃ jīvitā voropanasadisaṃ ahaṃ pacchato gantvā etehi ṭhapitagghena bhaṇḍaṃ vikkiṇissāmīti. So ettake ānisaṃse disvā samma tvaṃ purato gacchāhīti āha. Sādhu sammāti bālasatthavāhaputto sakaṭāni mahantāni yojetvā nikkhanto anupubbena manussavāsaṃ atikkamitvā kantāramukhaṃ pāpuṇi.