[638] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Assosi kho bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhāradvājagotto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitoti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[639] Atha kho bhagavā bilaṅgikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya bilaṅgikabhāradvājaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāya Ajjhabhāsi yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa tameva bālaṃ pacceti pāpaṃ sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṃva khittoti.

[640] Evaṃ vutte bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama .pe. Esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca labheyyāhaṃ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṃ .pe. tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi . aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.