[518] Athakho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca paṭiggahitā bhante mahāpajāpatiyā gotamiyā aṭṭha garudhammā upasampannā bhagavato mātucchāti . {518.1} Sace panānanda nālabhissa mātugāmo tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjaṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ ānanda brahmacariyaṃ abhavissa vassasahassaṃ saddhammo tiṭṭheyya yato ca kho ānanda mātugāmo tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito nadāni ānanda brahmacariyaṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ bhavissati pañcevadāni ānanda vassasatāni saddhammo ṭhassati {518.2} seyyathāpi ānanda yāni kānici Kulāni bahuitthikāni appapurisakāni tāni suppadhaṃsiyāni honti corehi kumbhathenakehi evameva kho ānanda yasmiṃ dhammavinaye labhati mātugāmo agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjaṃ na taṃ brahmacariyaṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti {518.3} seyyathāpi ānanda sampanne sālikkhette setaṭṭhikā nāma rogajāti nipatati evaṃ taṃ sālikkhettaṃ na ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti evameva kho ānanda yasmiṃ dhammavinaye labhati mātugāmo agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjaṃ na taṃ brahmacariyaṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti {518.4} seyyathāpi ānanda sampanne ucchukkhette mañjeṭṭhikā nāma rogajāti nipatati evaṃ taṃ ucchukkhettaṃ na ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti evameva kho ānanda yasmiṃ dhammavinaye labhati mātugāmo agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjaṃ na taṃ brahmacariyaṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti {518.5} seyyathāpi ānanda puriso mahato taḷākassa paṭikacceva pāḷiṃ bandheyya yāvadeva udakassa anatikkamanāya evameva kho ānanda mayā paṭikacceva bhikkhunīnaṃ aṭṭha garudhammā paññattā yāvajīvaṃ anatikkamanīyāti. Bhikkhunīnaṃ aṭṭha garudhammā niṭṭhitā .