[610] Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo tassā rattiyā accayena sake assame paṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato Kālaṃ ārocāpesi kālo bho gotama niṭṭhitaṃ bhattanti . atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assamo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghena . atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi . atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[611] Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho keṇiyaṃ jaṭilaṃ bhagavā imāhi gāthāhi anumodi aggihuttaṃmukhā yaññā sā vitti chandaso mukhaṃ rājā mukhaṃ manussānaṃ nadīnaṃ sāgaro mukhaṃ nakkhattānaṃ mukhaṃ cando ādicco tapataṃ mukhaṃ puññamākaṅkhamānānaṃ saṅgho ve yajataṃ mukhanti. Atha kho bhagavā keṇiyaṃ jaṭilaṃ imāhi gāthāhi anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi . atha kho āyasmā selo sapariso vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anāgāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ ithattāyāti abbhaññāsi . aññataro kho panāyasmā Selo sapariso arahataṃ ahosi.

[612] Atha kho āyasmā selo sapariso yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā ekaṃsaṃ cīvaraṃ katvā yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi yantaṃ saraṇamāgamha ito aṭṭhami cakkhuma sattarattena bhagavā dantamhā tava sāsane tuvaṃ buddho tuvaṃ satthā tuvaṃ mārābhibhū muni tuvaṃ anusaye cheko tiṇṇo tāresimaṃ pajaṃ upadhī te samatikkantā āsavā te padālitā sīhova anupādāno pahīnabhayabheravo bhikkhavoti sattā ime tiṭṭhantipañjalikatā pāde vīra pasārehi nāgā vandantu satthunoti. Selasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ dutiyaṃ. --------

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