Tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā āyasmā sāriputto theraṃ dassanakāmo ahosi. Atha satthā rājagahato sāvatthiṃ agamāsi. Puṇṇattheropi dasabalassa tattha āgatabhāvaṃ sutvā "satthāraṃ passissāmī"ti gantvā anto gandhakuṭiyaṃyeva tathāgataṃ sampāpuṇi. Satthā tassa dhammaṃ desesi. Thero dhammaṃ sutvā dasabalaṃ vanditvā paṭisallānatthāya andhavanaṃ gantvā aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṃ nisīdi. Sāriputtattheropi tassāgamanaṃ sutvā sīsānulokiko gantvā okāsaṃ sallakkhetvā tasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisinnakaṃ upasaṅkamitvā therena saddhiṃ sammoditvā taṃ visuddhikkamaṃ pucchi. Sopissa pucchitapucchitaṃ byākaronto rathavinītūpamāya ativiya cittaṃ ārādhesi, te aññamaññassa subhāsitaṃ samanumodiṃsu.

[434] Atha naṃ satthā aparabhāge bhikkhusaṃghassa majjhe nisinno theraṃ "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhammakathikānaṃ yadidaṃ puṇṇo"ti etadagge ṭhapesi. So pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassavasena pubbacaritāpadānaṃ vibhāvento ajjhāyakotiādimāha.

Tattha ajjhāyakoti anekabrāhmaṇānaṃ vācetā sikkhāpetā. Mantadharoti mantānaṃ dhāretāti attho, vedasaṅkhātassa catutthavedassa sajjhāyanasavanadānānaṃ vasena dhāretāti vuttaṃ hoti. Tiṇṇaṃ vedānanti iruvedayajuvedasāmavedasaṅkhātānaṃ tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ ñāṇena dhāretabbattā "vedo"ti laddhanāmesu tīsu vedaganthesu pāraṃ pariyosānaṃ gatoti attho. Purakkhatomhi sissehīti mama niccaparivārabhūtehi sissehi parivuto ahaṃ amhi. Upagacchiṃ naruttamanti narānaṃ uttamaṃ bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamiṃ, samīpaṃ gatoti attho. Sesaṃ suviññeyyameva.