[139] Ekūnatiṃsa- vayasā subhadda yaṃ pabbajiṃ kiṃkusalānuesī vassāni paññāsasamādhikāni yato ahaṃ pabbajito subhadda ñāyassa dhammassa padesavatti ito bahiddhā samaṇopi natthi. Dutiyopi samaṇo natthi tatiyopi samaṇo natthi catutthopi samaṇo natthi suññā parappavādā samaṇebhi aññehi ime ca subhadda bhikkhū sammā vihareyyuṃ asuñño loko arahantehi assāti.
[140] Evaṃ vutte subhaddo paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telappajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhanti evameva bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca labheyyāmahaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyaṃ upasampadanti. Yo kho subhadda aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye Ākaṅkhati pabbajjaṃ ākaṅkhati upasampadaṃ so cattāro māse parivasati catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya apica mettha puggalavemattatā viditāti . sace bhante aññatitthiyapubbā imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhantā pabbajjaṃ ākaṅkhantā upasampadaṃ cattāro māse parivasanti catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya ahaṃ cattāri vassāni parivasissāmi catunnaṃ vassānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājentu upasampādentu bhikkhubhāvāyāti. {140.1} Athakho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi tenahānanda subhaddaṃ paribbājakaṃ pabbājethāti . evaṃ bhanteti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paccassosi . athakho subhaddo paribbājako āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca lābhā te āvuso ānanda suladdhaṃ te āvuso ānanda ye ettha satthārā sammukhā antevāsikābhisekena abhisittāti. Alattha kho subhaddo paribbājako bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ alattha upasampadaṃ . acirūpasampanno kho panāyasmā subhaddo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ Itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi . aññataro kho pana āyasmā subhaddo arahataṃ ahosi. So bhagavato pacchimo sakkhisāvako ahosīti. Pañcamabhāṇavāraṃ samattaṃ.