Satthu guṇe pakāsetvā tampi satthu santikaṃ netukāmo ahosi. So lābhāsāpakato antevāsikabhāvaṃ anicchanto "na sakkomi cāṭi hutvā udakasiñcanaṃ hotun"ti paṭikkhipi. Te anekehi kāraṇehi taṃ saññāpetuṃ asakkontā attano ovāde vattamānehi aḍḍhateyyasatehi antevāsikehi saddhiṃ veḷuvanaṃ agamaṃsu. Satthā te dūratova āgacchante disvā "etaṃ me sāvakayugaṃ bhavissati, aggaṃ bhaddayugan"ti vatvā tesaṃ parisāya cariyavasena dhammaṃ desetvā arahatte patiṭṭhāpetvā ehibhikkhubhāvena upasampadaṃ adāsi. Yathā tesaṃ evaṃ aggasāvakānampi iddhimayapattacīvaraṃ āgatameva. Uparimaggattayakiccaṃ pana na niṭṭhāsi. Kasmā? sāvakapāramīñāṇassa mahantatāya.

Tesu āyasmā mahāmoggallāno pabbajitato sattame divase magadharaṭṭhe kallavālagāme samaṇadhammaṃ karonto thinamiddhe okkamante satthārā saṃvejito thinamiddhaṃ vinodetvā dhātukammaṭṭhānaṃ suṇanto eva uparimaggattayaṃ adhigantvā sāvakapāramīñāṇassa matthakaṃ pāpuṇi. Āyasmā sāriputto pabbajjāya addhamāsaṃ atikkamitvā satthārā saddhiṃ rājagahe sūkarakhataleṇe viharanto attano bhāgineyyassa dīghanakhaparibbājakassa vedanāpariggahasuttante desiyamāne desanānusārena ñāṇaṃ pesetvā parassa vaḍḍhitaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjanto viya sāvakapāramīñāṇassa matthakaṃ pāpuṇi. Iti dvinnaṃ aggasāvakānaṃ satthu samīpe eva sāvakapāramīñāṇaṃ matthakaṃ pattaṃ.

Evaṃ pattasāvakapāramīñāṇo āyasmā sāriputto "kena kammena ayaṃ sampatti laddhā"ti āvajjento taṃ ñatvā pītisomanassavasena udānaṃ udānento "himavantassa avidūre"tiādimāha. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[141] "himavantassa avidūre lambako nāma pabbato