ete pañca mahātherā pañcavaggāti vuccare"ti evaṃ vuttānaṃ pañcannaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ vaggo pañcavaggo, tasmiṃ pañcavagge bhavā taṃpariyāpannattāti pañcavaggiyā. Te pañcavaggiye. Bhikkhū āmantesīti dīpaṅkaradasabalapādamūle katābhinīhārato paṭṭhāya pāramiyo pūrento anupubbena pacchimabhavaṃ patvā pacchimabhave ca katābhinikkhamano anupubbena bodhimaṇḍaṃ patvā tattha aparājitapallaṅke nisinno mārabalaṃ bhinditvā paṭhamayāme pubbenivāsaṃ anussaritvā majjhimayāme dibbacakkhuṃ visodhetvā pacchimayāmāvasāne dasasahassilokadhātuṃ unnādento

@2 i. uppannā sabbañū isayo 3 tatova (saṃ-A. 3/387) Sampakampento sabbaññutaṃ patvā satta sattāhāni bodhimaṇḍe vītināmetvā mahābrahmunā āyācitadhammadesano buddhacakkhunā lokaṃ voloketvā lokānuggahena bārāṇasiṃ gantvā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū saññāpetvā dhammacakkaṃ pavattetukāmo āmantesi.

Dveme bhikkhave antāti dveme bhikkhave koṭṭhāsā. Imassa pana vacanassa samudāhārena samudāhāranigghoso heṭṭhā avīciṃ upari bhavaggaṃ patvā dasasahassiṃ lokadhātuṃ pattharitvā aṭṭhāsi, tasmiṃyeva samaye aṭṭhārasakoṭisaṅkhā brahmāno samāgacchiṃsu. Pacchimadisāya sūriyo atthaṅgameti, puratthimāya disāya uttarāsāḷhanakkhattena yutto puṇṇacando uggacchati, tasmiṃ samaye bhagavā dhammacakkappavattanasuttantaṃ ārabhanto "dveme bhikkhave antā"tiādimāha.