@3 cha.Ma. taṃ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayantīti 4 cha.Ma. tena samayena Tīṇi maṅgalāni akaṃsu. Bhagavāpi tattha nimantito pañcabhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ tattha gantvā bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā nikkhamanto nandassa hatthe pattaṃ adāsi. Taṃ nikkhamantaṃ disvā janapadakalyāṇī "tuvaṭaṃ kho ayyaputta āgaccheyyāsī"ti āha. So bhagavato gāravena "handa bhagavā pattan"ti vattuṃ asakkonto vihārameva gato. Bhagavā gandhakuṭipariveṇe ṭhatvā "āhara nanda pattan"ti gahetvā "pabbajissasī"ti āha. So bhagavato gāravena paṭikkhipituṃ asakkonto "pabbajāmi bhagavā"ti āha, taṃ bhagavā pabbājesi. So pana janapadakalyāṇiyā vacanaṃ punappunaṃ saranto ukkaṇṭhi. Taṃ bhikkhū bhagavato ārocesuṃ, bhagavā nandassa anabhiratiṃ vinodetukāmo "tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ gatapubbosi nandā"ti āha, nando "nāhaṃ bhante gatapubbo"ti avoca.

Tato naṃ bhagavā attano ānubhāvena tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ netvā vejayantapāsādadvāre aṭṭhāsi. Bhagavato āgamanaṃ viditvā sakko accharāgaṇaparivuto pāsādā orohi. Tā sabbāpi kassapassa bhagavato sāvakānaṃ pādamakkhanatelaṃ datvā kakuṭapādiniyo ahesuṃ. Atha bhagavā nandaṃ āmantesi "passasi no tvaṃ nanda imāni pañca accharāsatāni kakuṭapādānī"ti sabbaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ. Mātugāmassa nāma nimittānubyañjanaṃ gahetabbanti sakalepi buddhavacane etaṃ natthi, atha ca panettha bhagavā upāyakusalatāya aturassa dose uggiletvā nīharitukāmo bhisakko viya nandassa rāgaṃ uggiletvā nīharitukāmo nimittānubyañjanaggahaṇaṃ anuññāsi yathā taṃ anuttaro purisadammasārathīti. Tato bhagavā accharāhetu nandassa brahmacariye abhiratiṃ viditvā bhikkhū āṇāpesi "bhatakavādena nandaṃ codethā"ti. So tehi codiyamāno lajjito yoniso