Evaṃ mahāsatto mahākaruṇāya samussāhitahadayo sakalaraṭṭhe mahāvassaṃ vassāpanavasena mahājanaṃ maraṇadukkhato mocetvā jīvitapariyosāne yathākammaṃ gato. Tadā pajjunno ānandatthero ahosi, macchagaṇā buddhaparisā, maccharājā lokanātho.

Tassa heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva sesapāramiyopi niddhāretabbā. Tathā attano samānajātikānaṃ khādanaṭṭhāne macchayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā taṇḍulakaṇamattampi macchaṃ ādiṃ katvā kassacipi pāṇino akhādanaṃ, tiṭṭhatu khādanaṃ ekasattassapi aviheṭhanaṃ, tathā saccakaraṇena devassa vassāpanaṃ, udake parikkhīṇe kalalagahane nimujjanavasena attanā anubhavamānaṃ dukkhaṃ vīrabhāvena agaṇetvā ñātisaṅghasseva taṃ dukkhaṃ attano hadaye katvā asahantassa sabbabhāvena karuṇāyanā, tathā ca paṭipattīti evamādayo guṇānubhāvā vibhāvetabbāti.