Satthāpi taṃdivasaṃ paccūsasamaye mahākaruṇāsamāpattito vuṭṭhāya lokaṃ olokento "ajja mahākappino tiyojanatikaṃ rajjaṃ pahāya amaccasahassaparivāro mama santike pabbajituṃ āgacchatī"ti disvā "yā tesaṃ paccuggamanaṃ kātuṃ yuttan"ti pātova sarīrapaṭijagganaṃ katvā bhikkhusaṃghaparivāro sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto sayameva pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā ākāse uppatitvā candabhāgāya nadiyā tīre tesaṃ uttaraṇatitthassa abhimukhe ṭhāne

Te tena titthena uttarantā ca chabbaṇṇabuddharaṃsiyo ito cito ca vidhāvantiyo olokentā dasabalassa puṇṇacandassa sirikaṃ mukhaṃ disvā "yaṃ satthāraṃ uddissa mayaṃ pabbajitā, addhā so eso"ti dassaneneva niṭṭhaṃ gantvā diṭṭhānato paṭṭhāya onatā vandamānā āgamma satthāraṃ vandiṃsu. Rājā gopphakesu gahetvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi saddhiṃ amaccasahassena. Satthā tesaṃ dhammaṃ kathesi. Desanāpariyosāne sabbe arahatte patiṭṭhāya satthāraṃ pabbajjaṃ yāciṃsu. Satthā "pubbe ime cīvaradānassa dinnattā attano cīvarāni gahetvāva āgatā"ti suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ hatthaṃ pasāretvā "etha bhikkhavo svākkhāto dhammo, caratha brahmacariyaṃ sammādukkhassa antakiriyāyā"ti āha. Sā ca tesaṃ āyasmantānaṃ pabbajjā ca upasampadā ca ahosi, vassasaṭṭhikattherā viya satthāraṃ parivārayiṃsu.

Anojāpi devī rathasahassaparivārā gaṅgātīraṃ patvā rañño atthāya āgataṃ nāvaṃ vā uḷumpaṃ vā adisvā attano byattatāya cintesi "rājā saccakiriyaṃ katvā gato bhavissati so pana satthā na kevalaṃ tesaṃyeva atthāya nibbatto, sace so satthā sammāsambuddho, amhākaṃ rathā mā udake nimmujjiṃsū"ti udakapiṭṭhe rathe pakkhandāpesi. Rathānaṃ nemivaṭṭimattampi na temi. Dutiyatatiyanadīpi teneva saccākārena uttari uttaramānāyeva nigrodharukkhamūle satthāraṃ addasa. Satthā "imāsaṃ attano sāmike passantīnaṃ chandarāgo uppajjitvā maggaphalānaṃ antarāyaṃ kareyya, so evaṃ kātuṃ na sakkhissatī"ti