@3 cha.Ma. ayaṃ pāṭho na dissati
Sāmaṇero rattibhāge cintesi "mayā pabbajitakālato paṭṭhāya gāmante aruṇaṃ nāma na uṭṭhāpitapubban"ti, so pattaṃ gahetvā aruṇaṃ uṭṭhāpetuṃ araññaṃ agamāsi. Mahāthero sāmaṇeraṃ nipannaṭṭhāne apassanto "manussakhādakehi gahito bhavissatī"ti cintesi. Sāmaṇero araññe aruṇaṃ uṭṭhāpetvā pattena udakañca dantakaṭṭhañca gahetvā āgami. Sāmaṇera kuhiṃ gatosi, mahallakabhikkhūnaṃ te vitakko uppādito, daṇḍakammaṃ āharāti. Āharissāmi bhanteti. Thero mukhaṃ dhovitvā cīvaraṃ pārupi. Ubhopi manussānaṃ vasanaṭṭhānaṃ agamaṃsu. Manussāpi attano paribhogaṃ kandamūlaphalapaṇṇaṃ adaṃsu. Theropi paribhuñjitvā vihāraṃ agamāsi. Sāmaṇero udakaṃ āharitvā "pāde dhovissāmi bhante"ti āha. Sāmaṇera tvaṃ rattiṃ kahaṃ gato, amhākaṃ vitakkaṃ uppādesīti. Bhante gāmante me aruṇaṃ na uṭṭhāpitapubbaṃ, aruṇuṭṭhāpanatthāya araññaṃ agamāsinti. "sāmaṇera na tuyhaṃ daṇḍakammaṃ anucchavikaṃ, amhākaṃ anucchavikan"ti vatvā thero tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne vasi, sāmaṇerassa ca saññaṃ adāsi "mayaṃ tāva mahallakā, `idaṃ nāma bhavissatī'ti na sakkā jānituṃ, tvaṃ attānaṃ rakkheyyāsī"ti. Thero kira anāgāmī, taṃ aparabhāge manussakhādakā khādiṃsu. Sāmaṇero attānaṃ rakkhitvā bhaye vūpasante tathārūpe ṭhāne upajjhaṃ gāhetvā upasampanno hutvā buddhavacanaṃ uggahetvā tipiṭakadharo hutvā vattabbakanigrodhatthero nāma jāto.
Pitumahārājā rajjaṃ paṭipajji. Parasamuddā āgatāgatā bhikkhū "kahaṃ vattabbakanigrodhatthero, kahaṃ vattabbakanigrodhatthero"ti pucchitvā tassa santikaṃ agamaṃsu. Mahābhikkhusaṃgho theraṃ parivāresi. So mahābhikkhusaṃghaparivuto anupubbena mahāvihāraṃ patvā mahābodhiṃ mahācetiyaṃ thūpārāmañca vanditvā nagaraṃ pāyāsi.