[371] Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā attamano udaggo pamudito pītisomanassajāto uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi

[372] Atha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evamevaṃ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca labheyyāhaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyaṃ upasampadanti. {372.1} Yo kho sabhiya aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhati pabbajjaṃ ākaṅkhati upasampadaṃ so cattāro māse parivasati catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena parivuṭṭhaparivāsaṃ āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya api cettha puggalavemattatā viditāti . sace bhante aññatitthiyapubbā imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhantā pabbajjaṃ Ākaṅkhantā upasampadaṃ cattāro māse parivasanti catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena parivuṭṭhaparivāse āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya . ahaṃ cattāri vassāni parivasāmi catunnaṃ vassānaṃ accayena parivuṭṭhaparivāsaṃ āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājentu upasampādentu bhikkhubhāvāyāti . alattha kho sabhiyo paribbājako bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ alattha upasampadaṃ. {372.2} Acirupasampanno kho panāyasmā sabhiyo 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 kho panāyasmā sabhiyo arahataṃ ahosīti. Sabhiyasuttaṃ chaṭṭhamaṃ. -----------