[630] Evaṃ vutte bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca labheyyāhaṃ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyaṃ upasampadanti . alattha kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ alattha upasampadaṃ . Acirūpasampanno kho panāyasmā bhāradvājo eko vūpakaṭṭho Appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto na cirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi . aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.