Atha āyasmā sāriputto aparimitasamayasamupacitakusalabalajanitadvattiṃsavaralakkhaṇopasobhitaṃ asītānubyañjanavirājitaṃ varasarīraṃ saradasamaye paripuṇṇaṃ viya rajanikaraṃ sabbaphāliphullaṃ viya ca yojanasatubbedhaṃ pāricchattakaṃ aṭṭhārasaratanubbedhaṃ byāmappabhāparikkhepasassirikaṃ varakanakagirimiva jaṅgamaṃ anopamāya buddhalīlāya anopamena buddhasirivilāsena caṅkamantaṃ dasasahassidevagaṇaparivutaṃ bhagavantaṃ addasa. Disvāna "ayaṃ pana sakalāpi dasasahassī lokadhātu sannipatitā, mahatiyā panettha dhammadesanāya bhavitabbaṃ, buddhavaṃsadesanā pana bahūpakārā bhagavati pasādāvahā, yannūnāhaṃ dasabalassa abhinīhārato paṭṭhāya buddhavaṃsaṃ paripuccheyyan"ti cintetvā ekaṃsaṃ cīvaraṃ katvā bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā dasanakhasamujjalaṃ jalajāmalāvikalakamalamakulasadisaṃ Añjaliṃ sirasi katvā bhagavantaṃ "kīdiso te mahāvīrā"tiādikaṃ paripucchi. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[74] "sāriputto mahāpañño samādhijjhānakovido

paññāya pāramippatto pucchati lokanāyakaṃ.

[75] Kīdiso te mahāvīra abhinīhāro naruttama