Atha kho brahmā sahampati "katāvakāso khomhi bhagavatā dhammadesanāyā"ti ñatvā dasanakhasamodhānasamujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi katvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā brahmagaṇaparivuto pakkāmi. Atha satthā tassa brahmuno paṭiññaṃ datvā "kassa nu kho ahaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyan"ti cintento "āḷāro paṇḍito so imaṃ dhammaṃ khippaṃ ājānissatī"ti cittaṃ uppādetvā puna olokento tassa sattāhaṃ kālaṅkatabhāvaṃ ñatvā udakassa ca abhidosa- kālaṅkatabhāvaṃ ñatvā puna "kahaṃ nu kho etarahi pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū viharantī"ti pañcavaggiye āvajjento "bārāṇasiyaṃ isipatane migadāye"ti ñatvā āsāḷhiyaṃ pabhātāya rattiyā kālasseva pattacīvaramādāya aṭṭhārasayojanikaṃ maggaṃ paṭipanno antarāmagge upakaṃ nāma ājīvakaṃ disvā tassa attano buddhabhāvamāvikatvā taṃdivasameva sāyaṇhasamaye isipatanamagamāsi. Tattha pañcavaggiyānaṃ attano buddhabhāvaṃ pakāsetvā paññattavarabuddhāsanagato pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantetvā dhammacakkappavattanasuttantaṃ desesi.
Tesu aññāsikoṇḍaññatthero desanānusārena ñāṇaṃ pesetvā suttapariyosāne aṭṭhārasahi brahmakoṭīhi saddhiṃ sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāsi. Satthā
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