[50] Tena kho pana samayena mahāakālamegho pāvassi mahāudakavāhako sañjāyi . yasmiṃ padese bhagavā viharati so padeso udakena otthato hoti . athakho bhagavato etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ samantā udakaṃ ussādetvā majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkameyyanti . athakho bhagavā samantā udakaṃ ussādetvā majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkami . athakho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo mā heva kho mahāsamaṇo udakena vuḷho ahosīti . nāvāya sambahulehi jaṭilehi saddhiṃ yasmiṃ padese bhagavā viharati taṃ padesaṃ agamāsi. {50.1} Addasā kho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo bhagavantaṃ samantā udakaṃ ussādetvā majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkamantaṃ disvāna bhagavantaṃ etadavoca idha nu tvaṃ mahāsamaṇāti . āma ahamasmi kassapāti bhagavā vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā nāvāya paccuṭṭhāsi . Athakho uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa etadahosi mahiddhiko kho mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo yatra hi nāma udakaṃpi nappavāhissati Na tveva ca kho arahā yathā ahanti.
[51] Athakho bhagavato etadahosi ciraṃpi kho imassa moghapurisassa evaṃ bhavissati mahiddhiko kho mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo na tveva ca kho arahā yathā ahanti yannūnāhaṃ imaṃ jaṭilaṃ saṃvejeyyanti . Athakho bhagavā uruvelakassapaṃ jaṭilaṃ etadavoca neva kho tvaṃ kassapa arahā nāpi arahattamaggaṃ samāpanno sāpi te paṭipadā natthi yāya tvaṃ arahā vā assasi arahattamaggaṃ vā samāpannoti . athakho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca labheyyāmahaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyāmi upasampadanti . tvaṃ khosi kassapa pañcannaṃ jaṭilasatānaṃ nāyako vināyako aggo pamukho pāmokkho tepi tāva apalokehi yathā te maññissanti tathā karissantīti. {51.1} Athakho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo yena te jaṭilā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā te jaṭile etadavoca icchāmahaṃ bho mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ yathā bhavanto maññanti tathā karontūti . Cirapaṭikā mayaṃ bho mahāsamaṇe abhippasannā sace bhavaṃ mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carissati sabbe va mayaṃ mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carissāmāti . athakho te jaṭilā kesamissaṃ jaṭāmissaṃ khārikājamissaṃ aggihuttamissaṃ udake pavāhetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ Labheyyāma mayaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyāma upasampadanti . etha bhikkhavoti bhagavā avoca svākkhāto dhammo caratha brahmacariyaṃ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyāti . Sā va tesaṃ āyasmantānaṃ upasampadā ahosi.