[119] Tena kho pana samayena āyasmato sārīputtassa upaṭṭhākakulaṃ āyasmato sārīputtassa santike dārakaṃ pāhesi imaṃ dārakaṃ thero pabbājetūti . athakho āyasmato sārīputtassa etadahosi bhagavatā paññattaṃ na ekena dve sāmaṇerā upaṭṭhāpetabbāti ayañca me rāhulo sāmaṇero kathaṃ nu kho mayā paṭipajjitabbanti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesi . Anujānāmi bhikkhave byattena bhikkhunā paṭibalena ekena dve sāmaṇere upaṭṭhāpetuṃ yāvatake vā pana ussahati ovadituṃ anusāsituṃ tāvatake upaṭṭhāpetunti.

[120] Athakho sāmaṇerānaṃ etadahosi kati nu kho amhākaṃ sikkhāpadāni kattha ca amhehi sikkhitabbanti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . anujānāmi bhikkhave sāmaṇerānaṃ dasa sikkhāpadāni tesu ca sāmaṇerehi sikkhituṃ pāṇātipātā veramaṇī adinnādānā veramaṇī abrahmacariyā veramaṇī musāvādā veramaṇī surāmerayamajja- pamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī vikālabhojanā veramaṇī naccagītavāditavisūkadassanā veramaṇī mālāgandhavilepanadhāraṇamaṇḍanavibhūsanaṭṭhānā veramaṇī uccāsayanamahāsayanā veramaṇī jātarūparajatapaṭiggahaṇā veramaṇī anujānāmi bhikkhave sāmaṇerānaṃ imāni dasa sikkhāpadāni imesu ca sāmaṇerehi sikkhitunti.