[423] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kurūsu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ yena thullakoṭṭhitaṃ nāma kurūnaṃ nigamo tadavasari . assosuṃ kho thullakoṭṭhitakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito kurūsu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ thullakoṭṭhitaṃ anuppatto taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavā so imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sadevamanussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti so dhammaṃ deseti ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti.

[424] Atha kho thullakoṭṭhitakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā appekacce bhagavantaṃ abhivadetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu Appekacce bhagavato santike nāmagottaṃ sāvetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce tuṇhībhūtā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinne kho thullakoṭṭhitake brāhmaṇagahapatike bhagavā dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi.

[425] Tena kho pana samayena raṭṭhapālo nāma kulaputto tasmiṃyeva thullakoṭṭhite aggakulikassa putto tissaṃ parisāyaṃ nisinno hoti . atha kho raṭṭhapālassa kulaputtassa etadahosi yathā yathā khvāhaṃ bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi nayidaṃ sukaraṃ agāraṃ ajjhāvasatā ekantaparipuṇṇaṃ ekantaparisuddhaṃ saṅkhalikhitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ yannūnāhaṃ kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyanti . atha kho thullakoṭṭhitakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā bhagavatā dhammiyā kathāya sandassitā samādapitā samuttejitā sampahaṃsitā bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmiṃsu. {425.1} Atha kho raṭṭhapālo kulaputto acirapakkantesu thullakoṭṭhitakesu brāhmaṇagahapatikesu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho raṭṭhapālo kulaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca yathā yathāhaṃ bhante bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi nayidaṃ sukaraṃ agāraṃ ajjhāvasatā ekantaparipuṇṇaṃ ekantaparisuddhaṃ Saṅkhalikhitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ icchāmahaṃ bhante kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajituṃ labheyyāhaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyaṃ upasampadanti . anuññātosi pana tvaṃ raṭṭhapāla mātāpitūhi agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjāyāti . na khohaṃ bhante anuññāto mātāpitūhi āgārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjāyāti . na kho raṭṭhapāla tathāgatā ananuññātaṃ mātāpitūhi puttaṃ pabbājentīti . svāhaṃ bhante tathā karissāmi yathā maṃ mātāpitaro anujānissanti agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjāyāti.