Maggaṃ abhiruhanaṭṭhānato paṭṭhāya devasaṃgho yojane yojane ṭhāne nagaraṃ māpetvā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa vasanatthāya vihāre paṭiyādesi. Devaputtā

Raññā pesitakammakārā viya hutvā yāgukhajjakādīni gahetvā "kahaṃ ayyo sīvalī"ti pucchantā gacchanti. Thero sakkārasammānaṃ gāhāpetvā satthu santikaṃ gacchati. Satthā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ paribhuñji. Imināva niyāmena satthā sakkāraṃ anubhavanto devasikaṃ yojanaparamaṃ gantavā tiṃsayojanikaṃ kantāraṃ atikkamma khadiravaniyarevatattherassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ patto, thero satthu āgamanaṃ ñatvā attano vasanaṭṭhāne buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa pahonakavihāre dasabalassa gandhakuṭiṃ rattiṭṭhānadivāṭṭhānāni ca iddhiyā māpetvā tathāgatassa paccuggamanaṃ gato. Satthā alaṅkatapaṭiyattena maggena vihāraṃ pāvisi. Atha tathāgate gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭhe bhikkhū vassaggena pattasenāsanāni pavisiṃsu. Devatā "akālo āhārassā"ti aṭṭhavidhaṃ pānakaṃ āhariṃsu. Satthā saṃghena saddhiṃ pānakaṃ pivi. Iminā niyāmeneva tathāgatassa sakkārasammānaṃ anubhavantasseva addhamāso atikkanto.

Athekacce ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhū ekasmiṃ ṭhāne nisīditvā kathaṃ uppādayiṃsu "dasabalo `mayhaṃ aggasāvakassa kaniṭṭhabhātā'ti vatvā evarūpaṃ navakammikaṃ bhikkhuṃ passituṃ āgato, imassa vihārassa santike jetavanavihāro vā veḷuvanavihārādayo vā kiṃ karissanti. Ayampi bhikkhu evarūpassa navakammassa kārako, kiṃ nāma samaṇadhammaṃ karissatī"ti. Atha satthā cintesi "mayi idha ciraṃ vasante idaṃ ṭhānaṃ ākiṇṇaṃ bhavissati, āraññakā nāma bhikkhū pavivekatthikā honti, revatassa phāsuvihāro na bhavissatī"ti. Tato therassa divāṭṭhānaṃ gato. Theropi ekakova caṅkamanakoṭiyaṃ ālambanaphalakaṃ nissāya pāsāṇaphalake nisinno satthāraṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvā paccuggantvā vandi.