@4 Sī. nāgapupphehi Anuruddhādīsu sakyakumāresu pabbajantesu pabbajituṃ na icchi. Atha naṃ saṃvejetuṃ candano devaputto upasaṅkamitvā bhaddekarattaṃ pucchi. Itaro "na jānāmī"ti. Puna devaputto "atha kasmā tayā `bhaddekarattaṃ katheyyan'ti saṅgaro kato, idāni pana nāmamattampi na jānāsī"ti codesi. Itaro tena saddhiṃ bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā "mayā kira bhante pubbe `imassa bhaddekarattaṃ kathessāmī'ti saṅgaro kato"ti pucchi. Bhagavā "āma kulaputta kassapassa bhagavato kāle tayā evaṃ katan"ti āha. Svāyamattho uparipaṇṇāsake āgatanayena vitthārato veditabbo. Atha lomasakaṅgiyo "tenahi bhante pabbājetha man"ti āha. Bhagavā "na kho tathāgatā mātāpitūhi ananuññātaṃ puttaṃ pabbājentī"ti paṭikkhipi. So mātu santikaṃ gantvā "anujānāhi maṃ amma pabbajituṃ, pabbajissāmahan"ti vatvā mātarā "tāta sukhumālo tvaṃ kathaṃ pabbajissasī"ti vutte attano parissayasahanabhāvaṃ pakāsento:-

3- "dabbaṃ kusaṃ poṭakilaṃ usīraṃ muñjapabbajaṃ

urasā panudissāmi vivekamanubrūhayan"ti gāthaṃ abhāsi.

[27] Tattha dabbanti dibbatiṇamāha, yaṃ "saddulo"tipi vuccati. Kusanti kusatiṇaṃ, yo "kāso"ti vuccati. Poṭakilanti sakaṇṭakaṃ akaṇṭakañca gacchaṃ. Idha pana sakaṇṭakameva adhippetaṃ. Usīrādīni suviññeyyāni. Dabbādīni tiṇāni bīraṇatiṇāni pādehi akkantassāpi dukkhajanakāni gamanantarāyakarāni ca, tāni ca panāhaṃ urasā panudissāmi urasāpi apanessāmi. Evaṃ apanento taṃ nimittaṃ dukkhaṃ sahanto araññāyatane gumbantaraṃ pavisitvā samaṇadhammaṃ kātuṃ sakkhissāmi.