Atha naṃ thero evamāha "kiṃ pana tayā evarūpaṃ dukkharāsiṃ anubhavitvā pabbajituṃ na vaṭṭatī"ti. Labhamāno pabbajeyyaṃ bhanteti. Suppavāsā naṃ dārakaṃ therena saddhiṃ kathentaṃ disvā "kiṃ nu kho me putto dhammasenāpatinā saddhiṃ kathetī"ti theraṃ upasaṅkamitvā pucchi "mayhaṃ putto tumhehi saddhiṃ kiṃ katheti bhante"ti. Attanā anubhūtaṃ gathbhavāsadukkhaṃ kathetvā "tumhehi anuññāto pabbajissāmī"ti vadatīti. Sādhu bhante pabbājetha nanti, thero taṃ vihāraṃ netvā tacapañcakakammaṭṭhānaṃ datvā pabbājento "sīvali na tuyhaṃ aññena ovādena kammaṃ atthi, tayā

Bhante pabbājanameva tumhākaṃ bhāro, yaṃ pana mayā kātuṃ sakkā, tamahaṃ jānissāmīti. So pana paṭhamakesavaṭṭiyā ohāraṇakkhaṇeyeva sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāsi, dutiyāya ohāraṇakkhaṇe sakadāgāmiphale, tatiyāya anāgāmiphale sabbesaṃyeva pana kesānaṃ oropanañca arahattasacchikiriyā ca apacchā apurimā ahosi. Tassa divasato paṭṭhāya bhikkhusaṃghassa cattāro paccayā yāvaticchakaṃ uppajjanti. Evaṃ ettha vatthu samuṭṭhitaṃ.

Aparabhāge satthā sāvatthiṃ agamāsi. Thero satthāraṃ abhivādetvā "bhante mayhaṃ puññaṃ vīmaṃsissāmi, pañca me bhikkhusatāni dethā"ti āha. Gaṇha sīvalīti. So pañcasate bhikkhū gahetvā himavantābhimukhaṃ gacchanto aṭavīmaggaṃ gacchati, tassa paṭhamaṃ diṭṭhanigrodhe adhivatthā devatā sattadivasāni dānaṃ adāsi. Iti so:-

nigrodhaṃ paṭhamaṃ passi dutiyaṃ paṇḍavapabbataṃ