@3 Sī. karuṇāvipphārasommasomanassanayananipātitapasannacittameva 4 Ma. accharāghātenapi Kevaṭṭagāme nibbatti, tassa jātissarañāṇaṃ uppajji, tena so pubbe attanā anubhūtapubbaṃ dukkhaṃ anussaranto vayappattopi pāpabhayena ñātakehipi saddhiṃ maccha- bandhanatthaṃ na gacchati. Tesu gacchantesu macche ghātetuṃ anicchanto nilīyati, gato ca jālaṃ bhindati, jīvante vā macche gahetvā udake vissajjeti, tassa taṃ kiriyaṃ arocantā ñātakā gehato taṃ nīhariṃsu. Eko panassa bhātā sinehabaddhahadayo ahosi.

Tena ca samayena āyasmā ānando kuṇḍinagaraṃ upanissāya sānupabbate viharati. Atha so kevaṭṭaputto ñātakehi pariccatto hutvā ito cito ca paribbhamanto taṃ padesaṃ patto bhojanavelāya therassa santikaṃ upasaṅkami. Thero taṃ pucchitvā bhojanena atthikabhāvaṃ ñatvā tassa bhattaṃ datvā katabhattakicco sabbaṃ taṃ pavattiṃ ñatvā dhammakathāya pasannamānasaṃ ñatvā "pabbajissasi āvuso"ti. Āma bhante pabbajissāmīti. Thero taṃ pabbājetvā tena saddhiṃ bhagavato santikaṃ agamāsi. Atha naṃ satthā āha "ānanda imaṃ sāmaṇeraṃ anukampeyyāsī"ti. So ca akatakusalattā appalābho ahosi. Atha naṃ satthā anuggaṇhanto bhikkhūnaṃ paribhogatthāya pānīyaghaṭānaṃ paripūraṇe niyojesi. Taṃ disvā upāsakā tassa bahūni niccabhattāni paṭṭhapesuṃ.

So aparena samayena laddhūpasampado arahattaṃ patvā thero hutvā dvādasahi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ sānupabbate vasi. Tassa pana ñātakā pañcasatamattā anupacitakusalakammā upacitamaccherādipāpadhammā kālaṃ katvā petesu nibbattiṃsu. Tassa pana mātāpitaro "esa amhehi pubbe gehato nikkaḍḍhito"ti sārajjamānā taṃ anupasaṅkamitvā tasmiṃ baddhasinehaṃ bhātikaṃ pesesuṃ. So therassa gāmaṃ piṇḍāya paviṭṭhasamaye dakkhiṇajāṇumaṇḍalaṃ paṭhaviyaṃ patiṭṭhāpetvā katañjalī attānaṃ dassetvā "mātā pitā ca te bhante"tiādigāthā avoca. Kuṇḍināgariyo therotiādayo pana ādito pañca gāthā tāsaṃ sambandhadassanatthaṃ dhammasaṅgāhakehi ṭhapitā.