Evaṃ so devamanussesu saṃsaranto tattha tattha bhave puññañāṇasambhāre sambhasanto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde sāvatthiyaṃ brāhmaṇamahāsālakule nibbatti, koṭṭhikotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Kasmā mātuyā vā ayyakapeyyakādīnaṃ vā nāmaṃ aggahetvā evaṃ nāmaṃ kariṃsūti ce? attano paññavantatāya vedaṅgesu satakkaparatakkesu sanighaṇḍukeṭubhesu sākkharappabhedesu sakalabyākaraṇesu ca chekabhāvena ca diṭṭhadiṭṭhe jane mukhasattīhi koṭṭhento pakkoṭṭhento vitudanto vicaratīti anvatthanāmaṃ kariṃsūti veditabbaṃ. So vayappatto tayo vede uggahetvā brāhmaṇasippe nipphattiṃ patto ekadivasaṃ satthu santikaṃ gantvā dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā upasampannakālato paṭṭhāya vipassanāya kammaṃ karonto saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ patvā paṭisambhidāsu ciṇṇavasī hutvā abhīto mahāthere upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ pucchantopi dasabalaṃ upasaṅkamitvā paṭisambhidāsuyeva pañhaṃ pucchi. Evamayaṃ thero tattha katādhikāratāya tattha ciṇṇavasībhāvena ca paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggo jāto. Atha naṃ satthā mahāvedallasuttaṃ aṭṭhuppattiṃ katvā paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi, "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ paṭisambhidāppattānaṃ yadidaṃ mahākoṭṭhiko"ti.

[221] So aparena samayena vimuttisukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedento somanassajāto attano pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento padumuttaro nāma jinotiādimāha. Taṃ sabbaṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayattā uttānatthameva.

Itthaṃ sudamāyasmā mahākoṭṭhikoti ettha sudanti nidassane nipāto. Āyasmāti gāravādhivacanaṃ, yathā taṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallānoti.

Mahākoṭṭhikattherāpadānavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.