Brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ svātanāya nimantetvā attano gharaṃ gacchanto cintesi "ahaṃ ettakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ yāgubhattavatthādīni dātuṃ sakkomi, nisīdanaṭṭhānaṃ pana kathaṃ bhavissatī"ti. Tassa kira sā cintanā caturāsītiyojanasahassappamāṇe merumatthake ṭhitassa devarājassa dasasatanayanassa paṇḍukambalasilāsanassa uṇhākāraṃ janesi. Atha sakko devarājā āsanassa uṇhabhāvaṃ disvā "ko nu kho maṃ imamhā ṭhānā cāvetukāmo"ti samuppannaparivitakko dibbena cakkhunā manussalokaṃ olokento mahāpurisaṃ disvā "ayaṃ mahāsatto buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṃghaṃ nimantetvā tassa nisīdanatthāya cintesi. Mayāpi tattha gantvā puññakoṭṭhāsaṃ gahetuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti vaḍḍhakīvaṇṇaṃ nimminitvā vāsipharasuhattho mahāpurisassa purato pāturahosi. So "atthi nu kho kassaci bhatiyā kattabbakamman"ti āha.
Mahāsatto disvā "kiṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ sakkhissasī"ti āha. Mama ajānanasippaṃ nāma natthi, yo yo yaṃ yaṃ icchati maṇḍapaṃ vā pāsādaṃ vā aññaṃ vā kiñci nivesanādikaṃ, tassa tassa taṃ taṃ kātuṃ samatthomhīti. Tena hi mayhaṃ kammaṃ Atthīti. Kiṃ ayyāti. Svātanāya mayā koṭisatasahassabhikkhū nimantitā, tesaṃ nisīdanamaṇḍapaṃ karissasīti. Ahaṃ nāma kareyyaṃ, sace me bhatiṃ dātuṃ sakkhissathāti. Sakkhissāmi tātāti. "yadi evaṃ sādhu karissāmī"ti vatvā ekaṃ padesaṃ olokesi. So dvādasayojanappamāṇo padeso kasiṇamaṇḍalaṃ viya samatalo paramaramaṇīyo ahosi. Puna so "ettake ṭhāne sattaratanamayo daṭṭhabbasāramaṇḍo maṇḍapo uṭṭhahatū"ti cintetvā olokesi. Tato tāvadeva maṇḍapasadiso paṭhavītalaṃ bhinditvā maṇḍapo uṭṭhahi. Tassa sovaṇṇamayesu thambhesu rajatamayā ghaṭakā ahesuṃ, rajatamayesu thambhesu sovaṇṇamayā ghaṭakā, maṇitthambhesu pavāḷamayā pavāḷamayesu thambhesu maṇimayā ghaṭakā, sattaratanamayesu thambhesu sattaratanamayā ghaṭakā ahesuṃ.
Tato "maṇḍapassa antarantarāpi kiṅkiṇikajālā olambatū"ti olokesi, saha olokanena kiṅkiṇikajālaṃ olambi, yassa mandavāteritassa pañcaṅgikasseva turiyassa paramamanoramo madhuro saddo niccharati, dibbasaṅgītivattanakālo viya ahosi. "antarantarā dibbagandhadāmapupphadāmapattadāmasattaratanadāmāni olambantū"ti cintesi, saha cintāya dāmāni olambiṃsu. "koṭisatasahassasaṅkhyānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ āsanāni ca kappiyamahagghapaccattharaṇāni ādhārakāni ca paṭhaviṃ bhinditvā uṭṭhahantū"ti cintesi, tāvadeva uṭṭhahiṃsu. "koṇe koṇe ekekā udakacāṭi uṭṭhahatū"ti cintesi, taṅkhaṇaṃyeva udakacāṭiyo paramasītalena madhurena suvisuddha- sugandhakappiyavārinā puṇṇā kadalipaṇṇapihitamukhā uṭṭhahiṃsu. So dasasatanayano ettakaṃ māpetvā brāhmaṇassa santikaṃ gantvā "ehi ayya tava maṇḍapaṃ disvā mayhaṃ bhatiṃ dehī"ti āha. Mahāpuriso gantvā taṃ maṇḍapaṃ olokesi. Tassa olokentasseva sakalasarīraṃ pañcavaṇṇāya pītiyā nirantaraṃ phuṭaṃ ahosi.