Satthu santikaṃ āgantvā "desetu bhante bhagavā dhamman"tiādinā nayena dhammadesanaṃ āyāci.

Satthā tassa paṭiññaṃ datvā "kassa nu kho ahaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyan"ti cintento "āḷāro paṇḍito, so imaṃ dhammaṃ khippaṃ ājānissatī"ti cittaṃ uppādetvā puna olokento tassa sattāhakālaṅkatabhāvaṃ ñatvā udakaṃ āvajjesi. Tassāpi abhidosakālaṅkatabhāvaṃ ñatvā "bahūpakārā kho me pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū"ti pañcavaggiye ārabbha manasikatvā "kahaṃ nu kho te etarahi viharantī"ti āvajjento "bārāṇasiyaṃ isipatane migadāye"ti ñatvā katipāhaṃ bodhimaṇḍasāmantāyeva piṇḍāya caranto viharitvā "āsāḷhipuṇṇamāyaṃ bārāṇasiṃ gantvā dhammacakkaṃ pavattessāmī"ti pakkhassa cātuddasiyaṃ paccūsasamaye paccuṭṭhāya pabhātāya rattiyā kālasseva pattacīvaramādāya aṭṭhārasayojanamaggaṃ paṭipanno antarāmagge upakaṃ nāma ājīvakaṃ disvā tassa attano buddhabhāvaṃ ācikkhitvā taṃ divasameva sāyanhasamaye isipatanaṃ sampāpuṇi.

Pañcavaggiyā tathāgataṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvā "ayaṃ āvuso samaṇo gotamo paccayabāhullāya āvattitvā paripuṇṇakāyo pīṇindriyo suvaṇṇavaṇṇo hutvā āgacchati, imassa vandanādīni na karissāma, mahākulappasuto kho panesa āsanābhihāraṃ arahati, tenassa āsanamattaṃ paññāpessāmā"ti katikaṃ akaṃsu. Bhagavā sadevakassa lokassa cittācārajānanasamatthena ñāṇena "kiṃ nu kho ime cintayiṃsū"ti āvajjetvā cittaṃ aññāsi, atha tesu sabbadevamanussesu anodissakavasena pharaṇasamatthaṃ mettacittaṃ saṅkhipitvā odissakavasena mettacittena phari. Te bhagavatā mettacittena samphuṭṭhā tathāgate upasaṅkamante sakāya katikāya saṇṭhātuṃ asakkontā paccuggantvā abhivādanādīni sabbakiccāni akaṃsu, sammāsambuddhabhāvaṃ panassa ajānantā kevalaṃ nāmena ca āvusovādena ca samudācariṃsu.