Vassūpanāyikadivase "apehi vakkalī"ti theraṃ paṇāmesi. So satthārā paṇāmito satthu sammukhe ṭhātuṃ asakkonto "kiṃ mayhaṃ jīvitena, yohaṃ satthāraṃ daṭṭhuṃ na labhāmī"ti gijjhakūṭe pabbate papātaṭṭhānaṃ abhiruhi. Satthā tassa taṃ pavattiṃ ñatvā "ayaṃ bhikkhu mama santikā assāsaṃ alabhanto maggaphalānaṃ upanissayaṃ nāseyyā"ti attānaṃ dassetvā obhāsaṃ vissajjento:-

"pāmojjabahulo bhikkhu pasanno buddhasāsane

adhigacche padaṃ santaṃ saṅkhārūpasamaṃ sukhan"ti gāthaṃ vatvā "ehi vakkalī"ti hatthaṃ pasāresi. Thero "dasabalo me diṭṭho, `ehī'ti avhāyanampi laddhan"ti balavapītisomanassaṃ uppādetvā "kuto gacchāmī"ti attano gamanabhāvaṃ ajānitvāva satthu sammukhe ākāse pakkhanditvā paṭhamena pādena pabbate ṭhitoyeva satthārā vuttagāthāyo āvajjento ākāseyeva pītiṃ vikkhambhetvā saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇīti aṅguttaraṭṭha- kathāyaṃ dhammapadavaṇṇanāyañca āgataṃ.

Idha pana evaṃ veditabbaṃ 4-:- "kiṃ te vakkalī"tiādinā satthārā ovadito gijjhakūṭe viharanto vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapesi, tassa saddhāya balavabhāvato eva vipassanā vīthiṃ na otarati. Bhagavā taṃ ñatvā kammaṭṭhānaṃ sodhetvā adāsi. So puna vipassanaṃ matthakaṃ pāpetuṃ nāsakkhiyeva. Athassa āhāravekallena vātābādho uppajji, taṃ vātābādhena pīḷiyamānaṃ ñatvā bhagavā tattha gantvā pucchanto:-