Tattha siyā:- kimatthaṃ pana bhagavā dhammaṃ desento paṭhamaṃ bhikkhū āmantesi, na dhammameva desetīti? satijananatthaṃ. Parisāya hi bhikkhū aññaṃ cintentāpi vikkhittacittāpi dhammaṃ paccavekkhantāpi kammaṭṭhānaṃ manasikarontāpi nisinnā honti, te anāmantetvā dhamme desiyamāne "ayaṃ desanā kiṃ nidānā kiṃ paccayā katamāya aṭṭhuppattiyā desitā"ti sallakkhetuṃ asakkontā vikkhepaṃ āpajjeyyuṃ, duggahitaṃ vā gaṇheyyuṃ. Tena tesaṃ satijananatthaṃ bhagavā paṭhamaṃ āmantetvā pacchā dhammaṃ deseti.

Bhadanteti gāravavacanametaṃ, satthuno paṭivacanadānaṃ vā. Apicettha "bhikkhavo"ti vadamāno bhagavā te bhikkhū ālapati, "bhadante"ti vadamānā te bhagavantaṃ paccālapanti. Tathā "bhikkhavo"ti bhagavā ābhāsati, "bhadante"ti te paccābhāsanti. "bhikkhavo"ti paṭivacanaṃ dāpeti, bhadanteti paṭivacanaṃ denti. Te bhikkhūti ye bhagavā āmantesi. Bhagavato paccassosunti bhagavato āmantanaṃ paṭiassosuṃ, abhimukhā hutvā suṇiṃsu sampaṭicchiṃsu paṭiggahesunti attho. Bhagavā etadavocāti bhagavā etaṃ idāni vattabbaṃ sakalasuttaṃ avoca.

Ettāvatā ca yaṃ āyasmatā sāriputtena kamalakuvalayujjalavimalasādhurasasalilāya pokkharaṇiyā sukhāvataraṇatthaṃ nimmalasilātalaracanavilāsasopānaṃ vippakiṇṇamuttājāla- sadisavālikākiṇṇapaṇḍarabhūmibhāgaṃ titthaṃ viya, suvibhattabhittivicitravedikā- parikkhittassa nakkhattapathaṃ phusitukāmatāya viya, vijambhitasamussayassa pāsādavarassa sukhārohaṇatthaṃ dantamayasaṇhamuduphalakakañcanalatāvinaddhamaṇigaṇappabhāsamudayujjalasobhaṃ Sopānaṃ viya, suvaṇṇavalayanūpurādisaṅghaṭṭanasaddasammissitakathitahasitamadhurassaragehajana- vicaritassa uḷārissariyavibhavasobhitassa mahāgharassa sukhappavesanatthaṃ suvaṇṇarajatamaṇimuttāpavāḷādijutivisadavijjotitasuppatiṭṭhitavisāladvārakavāṭaṃ mahādvāraṃ viya atthabyañjanasampannassa buddhānaṃ desanāñāṇagambhīrabhāvasaṃsūcakassa imassa suttassa sukhāvagāhaṇatthaṃ kāladesadesakaparisāpadesapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ nidānaṃ bhāsitaṃ, tassa atthavaṇṇanā samattā.