[273] Ko hi bhante bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā na attamano assa paraṃ viya mattāya ahaṃpi bhante bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā attamano paraṃ viya mattāya abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo desito esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṃghañca labheyyāhaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ labheyyaṃ upasampadanti.

[274] Yo kho kassapa aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhati pabbajjaṃ ākaṅkhati upasampadaṃ so cattāro māse parivasati catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya apica mettha puggalavemattatā viditāti . Sace bhante aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhati pabbajjaṃ ākaṅkhati upasampadaṃ cattāro māse parivasati catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya ahaṃ cattāri vassāni parivasissāmi catunnaṃ vassānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāyāti . alattha kho acelo kassapo bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ alattha upasampadaṃ . Acirūpasampanno kho panāyasmā kassapo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi. Aññataro kho panāyasmā kassapo arahataṃ ahosīti. Mahāsīhanādasuttaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ. ---------------