Gotamopi yāvajīvaṃ tathāgataṃ paricaritvā yathābalaṃ kalyāṇakammaṃ katvā kappasatasahassaṃ devesu ca manussesu ca saṃsaritvā amhākaṃ bhagavato kāle kapilavatthunagarassa
Tassa nāmagahaṇadivase puṇṇamāṇavotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So satthari abhisambodhiṃ patvā pavattitapavaradhammacakke anupubbena āgantvā rājagahaṃ upanissāya viharante aññākoṇḍaññatthero kapilavatthuṃ āgantvā attano bhāgineyyaṃ puṇṇamāṇavaṃ pabbājetvā punadivase dasabalassa santikaṃ āgantvā bhagavantaṃ vanditvā āpucchitvā divāvihāratthāya chaddantadahaṃ gato. Puṇṇopi mantāniputto mātulena aññākoṇḍaññattherena saddhiṃ dasabalassa santikaṃ agantvā "mayhaṃ pabbajitakiccaṃ matthakaṃ pāpetvā dasabalassa santikaṃ gamissāmī"ti kapilavatthusmiṃyeva ohīno yoniso manasikāre kammaṃ karonto na cirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tassa santike pabbajitakulaputtāpi pañcasatā ahesuṃ. Thero sayaṃ dasakathāvatthuṃ labhitvā tepi dasahi kathāvatthūhi ovadati. Te tassa ovāde ṭhatvā sabbeva arahattaṃ pattā.
Te attano pabbajitakiccaṃ matthakaṃ pattaṃ ñatvā upajjhāyaṃ upasaṅkamitvā āhaṃsu "bhante amhākaṃ kiccaṃ matthakaṃ pattaṃ, dasannañca mahākathāvatthūnaṃ lābhino, samayo no dasabalaṃ passitun"ti. Thero tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā cintesi "mama dasakathāvatthulābhitaṃ satthā jānāti, ahaṃ dhammaṃ desento dasa kathāvatthūni amuñcantova desemi. Mayi gacchante sabbepi te bhikkhū parivāretvā gacchissanti, evaṃ gaṇasaṅgaṇikāya gantvā pana na yuttaṃ mayhaṃ dasabalaṃ passituṃ, ime tāva gantvā passantū"ti te bhikkhū āha "āvuso tumhe purato gantvā tathāgataṃ passatha, mama vacanena cassa pāde vandatha, ahaṃpi tumhākaṃ gatamaggena gamissāmī"ti.
Te therā sabbepi dasabalassa jātibhūmiraṭṭhavāsino sabbe khīṇāsavā sabbe dasakathāvatthulābhino attano upajjhāyassa ovādaṃ abhinanditvā theraṃ vanditvā anupubbena cārikaṃ carantā saṭṭhiyojanamaggaṃ atikkamma rājagahe veḷuvanamahāvihāraṃ