9. Dhammikattheravatthu. (68)

"na attahetūti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto dhammikattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Sāvatthiyaṃ kira eko upāsako dhammena agāraṃ ajjhāvasati. So pabbajitukāmo hutvā ekadivasaṃ bhariyāya saddhiṃ nisīditvā sukhakathaṃ kathento āha "bhadde icchāmahaṃ pabbajitunti. "tenahi sāmi āgamehi tāva, yāvāhaṃ kucchigataṃ dārakaṃ vijāyāmīti. So āgametvā dārakassa padasā gamanakāle puna taṃ āpucchitvā, "āgamehi tāva sāmi, yāva ayaṃ vayappatto hotīti vutte, "kiṃ

So kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā ghaṭento vāyamanto attano pabbajitakiccaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā tesaṃ dassanatthāya puna sāvatthiṃ gantvā puttassa dhammakathaṃ kathesi. Sopi nikkhamitvā pabbaji. Pabbajitvā ca pana nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Purāṇadutiyikāpissa "yesaṃ atthāya ahaṃ gharāvāsaṃ vaseyyaṃ, te ubhopi pabbajitā; idāni me kiṃ gharāvāsena, pabbajissāmīti nikkhamitvā bhikkhunīnaṃ santike pabbaji, pabbajitvā ca pana nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.