Khīyetha kappo ciradīghamantare
vaṇṇo na khīyetha tathāgatassā"ti. Evaṃ therassa attano ca satthu ca guṇe anussarato yamakamahānadī mahogho viya abbhantare pītisomanassaṃ avattharamānaṃ vāto viya bha taṃ, ubbhijjitvā
Tato thero "supaṭṭhitā vata me paṭṭhanā, suladdhā me pabbajjā, yvāhaṃ evaṃvidhassa satthu santike pabbajito"ti āvajjantassa balavataraṃ pītisomanassaṃ uppajji.
Atha thero "kassāhaṃ imaṃ pītisomanassaṃ āroceyyan"ti cintento añño koci samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā mama imaṃ pasādaṃ anucchavikaṃ katvā paṭiggahetuṃ na sakkhissati, ahaṃ imaṃ somanassaṃ satthunova pavedessāmi, satthāva me paṭiggaṇhituṃ sakkhissati, so hi tiṭṭhatu mama pītisomanassaṃ, mādisassa samaṇasatassa vā samaṇasahassassa vā samaṇasatasahassassa vā somanassaṃ pavedentassa sabbesaṃ manaṃ gaṇhanto paṭiggahetuṃ sakkoti. Seyyathāpi nāma aṭṭhārasa yojanāni avattharamānaṃ gacchantiṃ candabhāgaṃ mahānadiṃ kusumbhā vā kandarā vā sampaṭicchituṃ na sakkonti, mahāsamuddova taṃ sampaṭicchati. Mahāsamuddo hi tiṭṭhatu candabhāgā, evarūpānaṃ nadīnaṃ sataṃpi sahassaṃpi satasahassaṃpi sampaṭicchati, na cassa tena ūnattaṃ vā pūrattaṃ vā paññāyati, evameva mama satthā mādisassa samaṇasatassa vā samaṇasahassassa vā samaṇasatasahassassa vā pītisomanassaṃ pavedentassa sabbesaṃ manaṃ gaṇhanto paṭiggahetuṃ sakkoti. Sesā samaṇabrāhmaṇādayo candabhāgaṃ kusumbhakandarā viya mama somanassaṃ sampaṭicchituṃ na sakkonti. Handāhaṃ mama pītisomanassaṃ satthunova ārocemīti pallaṅkaṃ vinibbhujitvā cammakhaṇḍaṃ papphoṭetvā ādāya sāyaṇhasamaye pupphānaṃ vaṇḍato chijjitvā paggharaṇakāle satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā attano somanassaṃ pavedento evaṃ pasanno ahaṃ bhanteti ādimāha.