Bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā te te devamanussā pañhaṃ pucchanti. Evaṃ puṭṭhena pana bhagavatā yāni kathitāni devatāsaṃyutta bojjhaṅgasaṃyuttādīni, tesaṃ pucchāvasiko nikkhePo.

Yāni vā pana uppannaṃ kāraṇaṃ paṭicca desitāni dhammadāyādaputtamaṃsūpamādīni, tesaṃ aṭṭhuppattiko nikkhePo. Evametesu catūsu suttanikkhepesu imassa buddhavaṃsassa pucchāvasiko nikkhePo. Pucchāvasena hi bhagavatā ayaṃ nikkhitto. Kassa pucchāvasena? āyasmato sāriputtattherassa. Vuttañhetaṃ asmiṃ nidānasmiṃ eva:-

"sāriputto mahāpuñño samādhijjhānakovido

paññāya pāramippatto pucchati lokanāyakaṃ