Mahāseṭṭhipi kho vihāramahaṃ sajjetvā tathāgatassa jetavanaṃ pavisanadivase puttaṃ sabbālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ katvā alaṅkatapaṭiyatteheva pañcahi kumārasatehi saddhiṃ pesesi. So saparivāro pañcavaṇṇavatthasamujjalāni pañca dhajasatāni gahetvā dasabalassa purato ahosi, tesaṃ pacchato mahāsubhaddā cūḷasubhaddāti dve seṭṭhidhītaro pañcahi kumārikāsatehi saddhiṃ puṇṇaghaṭe gahetvā nikkhamiṃsu,

Tāsaṃ pacchato seṭṭhibhariyā sabbālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍitā pañcahi mātugāmasatehi saddhiṃ puṇṇapātiyo gahetvā nikkhami, sabbesaṃ pacchato mahāseṭṭhi ahatavatthanivattho ahatavatthanivattheheva pañcahi seṭṭhisatehi saddhiṃ bhagavantaṃ abbhuggañchi. Bhagavā imaṃ upāsakaparisaṃ purato katvā mahābhikkhusaṃghaparivuto attano sarīrappabhāya suvaṇṇarasasekasiñcanāni viya vanantarāni kurumāno anantāya buddhalīlāya aparimāṇāya buddhasiriyā jetavanavihāraṃ pāvisi.

Atha naṃ anāthapiṇḍiko āpucchi "kathāhaṃ bhante imasmiṃ vihāre paṭipajjāmī"ti. Tena hi gahapati imaṃ vihāraṃ āgatānāgatassa cātuddisassa bhikkhusaṃghassa patiṭṭhāpehīti. "sādhu bhante"ti mahāseṭṭhi suvaṇṇabhiṅgāraṃ ādāya dasabalassa hatthe udakaṃ pātetvā "imaṃ jetavanavihāraṃ āgatānāgatassa cātuddisassa buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa dammī"ti adāsi. Satthā vihāraṃ paṭiggahetvā anumodanaṃ karonto:-

"sītaṃ uṇhaṃ paṭihanti tato vāḷamigāni ca