[58] Athakho āyasmā uruvelakassapo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca satthā me bhante bhagavā sāvakohamasmi satthā me bhante bhagavā sāvakohamasmīti . athakho tesaṃ dvādasanahutānaṃ māgadhikānaṃ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ etadahosi uruvelakassapo mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ caratīti . athakho bhagavā tesaṃ dvādasanahutānaṃ māgadhikānaṃ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya anupubbikathaṃ kathesi seyyathīdaṃ dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṅkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi. {58.1} Yadā te bhagavā aññāsi kallacitte muducitte vinīvaraṇacitte udaggacitte pasannacitte atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā taṃ pakāsesi dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ. Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya evameva ekādasanahutānaṃ māgadhikānaṃ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ bimbisārappamukhānaṃ tasmiṃyevāsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi yaṅkiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbantaṃ nirodhadhammanti . ekanahutaṃ Upāsakattaṃ paṭivedesi.

[59] Athakho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthu sāsane bhagavantaṃ etadavoca pubbe me bhante kumārassa sato pañca assāsakā ahesuṃ te me etarahi samiddhā pubbe me bhante kumārassa sato etadahosi aho vata maṃ rajje abhisiñceyyunti ayaṃ kho me bhante paṭhamo assāsako ahosi so me etarahi samiddho tassa me vijitaṃ arahaṃ sammāsambuddho okkameyyāti ayaṃ kho me bhante dutiyo assāsako ahosi so me etarahi samiddho tañcāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ payirupāseyyanti ayaṃ kho me bhante tatiyo assāsako ahosi so me etarahi samiddho so ca me bhagavā dhammaṃ deseyyāti ayaṃ kho me bhante catuttho assāsako ahosi so me etarahi samiddho tassa cāhaṃ bhagavato dhammaṃ ājāneyyanti ayaṃ kho me bhante pañcamo assāsako ahosi so me etarahi samiddho pubbe me bhante kumārassa sato ime pañca assāsakā ahesuṃ te me etarahi samiddhā abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telappajjotaṃ dhāreyya Cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evamevaṃ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ adhivāsetu ca me bhante bhagavā svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti . adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena . athakho rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.