esānisaṃso dhamme suciṇṇe

na duggatiṃ gacchati dhammacārī"ti. Imassapi kammassa nissandena tassa bhagavato sarīrobhāso dasasahassilokadhātuṃ pharitvā aṭṭhāsi.

Tadā amhākaṃ bodhisatto suruci nāma brāhmaṇo hutvā "satthāraṃ nimantessāmī"ti upasaṅkamitvā madhuradhammakathaṃ sutvā "sve mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhatha bhante"ti āha. Brāhmaṇa kittakehi te bhikkhūhi atthoti. "kittakā pana vo bhante parivārabhikkhū"ti āha. Tadā satthu paṭhamasannipātoyeva hoti, tasmā "koṭisatasahassan"ti āha. Bhante sabbehipi saddhiṃ mayhaṃ bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathāti. Satthā adhivāsesi. Brāhmaṇo svātanāya nimantetvā gehaṃ gacchanto cintesi "ahaṃ ettakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ yāgubhattavatthādīni dātuṃ sakkomi, nisīdanaṭṭhānaṃ pana kathaṃ bhavissatī"ti.