Etadahosīti maggadarathassa vūpasamabhāvaṃ ñatvā ahosi. Evamāvusoti kulaputto sahāyena pesitaṃ sāsanamattaṃ vācetvā rajjaṃ pahāya pabbajanto

Pipāsitasoṇḍo viya hi pipāsitahatthī viya cāyaṃ, tasmā sakkaccaṃ savanaṃ paṭijānanto "evamāvuso"ti āha.

[343] Chadhāturo ayanti bhagavā kulaputtassa pubbabhāgapaṭipadaṃ akathetvā āditova arahattassa padaṭṭhānabhūtaṃ accantasuññataṃ vipassanālakkhaṇameva ācikkhituṃ āraddho. Yassa hi pubbabhāgapaṭipadā aparisuddhā hoti, tassa paṭhamameva sīlasaṃvaraṃ indriyesu guttadvārataṃ bhojane mattaññutaṃ jāgariyānuyogaṃ satta saddhamme cattāri jhānānīti imaṃ pubbabhāgapaṭipadaṃ ācikkhati. Yassa panesā parisuddhā, tassa taṃ akathetvā arahattassa padaṭṭhānabhūtaṃ vipassanameva ācikkhati. Kulaputtassa ca pubbabhāgapaṭipadā parisuddhā. Tathā hi anena sāsanaṃ vācetvā pāsādavaragateneva ānāpānacatutthajjhānaṃ nibbattitaṃ, yadassa dvānavutiyojanasataṃ āgacchantassa yānakiccaṃ sādheti, sāmaṇerasīlampissa paripuṇṇaṃ. Tasmā pubbabhāgapaṭipadaṃ akathetvā arahattassa padaṭṭhānabhūtaṃ accantasuññataṃ vipassanālakkhaṇamevassa ācikkhituṃ āraddho.

Tattha chadhāturoti cha dhātuyo vijjamānā, puriso avijjamāno. Bhagavā hi katthaci vijjamānena avijjamānaṃ dasseti, katthaci avijjamānena vijjamānaṃ, katthaci vijjamānena vijjamānaṃ, katthaci avijjamānena avijjamānanti sabbāsave vuttanayeneva vitthāretabbaṃ. Idha pana vijjamānena avijjamānaṃ dassento evamāha. Sace hi bhagavā purisoti paṇṇattiṃ vissajjetvā dhātuyoicceva vatvā cittaṃ ṭhapāpeyya, kulaputto sandehaṃ kareyya, sammohaṃ āpajjeyya, desanaṃ sampaṭicchituṃ na sakkuṇeyya. Tasmā tathāgato anupubbena purisoti paṇṇattiṃ pahāya "sattoti vā purisoti vā puggaloti vā paṇṇattimattameva,