Athekadivasaṃ te rājagahe giraggasamajjaṃ passantā mahājanaṃ sannipatitaṃ disvā ñāṇassa paripākagatattā yoniso ummujjantā "sabbepime oraṃ vassasatānaṃ maccumukhe patissantī"ti saṃvegaṃ paṭilabhitvā "amhehi mokkhadhammo pariyesitabbo, tañca pariyesantehi ekaṃ pabbajjaṃ laddhuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti nicchayaṃ katvā pañcahi māṇavakasatehi saddhiṃ sañjayassa paribbājakassa santike pabbajiṃsu. Tesaṃ pabbajitakālato paṭṭhāya sañjayo lābhaggayasaggappatto ahosi. Te katipāheneva sabbaṃ sañjayassa samayaṃ pariggaṇhitvā tattha sāraṃ adisvā tato nikkhamitvā tattha tattha te te paṇḍita- sammate samaṇabrāhmaṇe pañhaṃ pucchanti, te tehi puṭṭhā neva sampāyanti, aññadatthu teyeva tesaṃ pañhaṃ vissajjenti. Evaṃ te mokkhaṃ pariyesantā katikaṃ akaṃsu "amhesu yo paṭhamaṃ amataṃ adhigacchati, so itarassa ārocetū"ti.

5- Tena ca samayena amhākaṃ satthari paṭhamābhisambodhiṃ patvā pavattitavaradhammacakke anupubbena uruvelakassapādike sahassajaṭile dametvā rājagahe viharante ekadivasaṃ upatisso paribbājako paribbājakārāmaṃ gacchanto āyasmantaṃ assajittheraṃ rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṃ disvā "na mayā evarūpo ākappasampanno pabbajito diṭṭhapubbo, santadhammena nāma ettha bhavitabban"ti sañjātappasādo pañhaṃ pucchituṃ āyasmantaṃ udikkhanto piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhi. Theropi laddhapiṇḍapāto paribhuñjituṃ paṭirūpaṃ okāsaṃ gato, paribbājako attano paribbājakapīṭhaṃ paññāpetvā adāsi. Bhattakiccapariyoāsane cassa attano kuṇḍikāya udakaṃ adāsi.

Evaṃ so ācariyavattaṃ katvā katabhattakiccena therena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā "ko vā te satthā, kassa vā tvaṃ dhammaṃ rocesī"ti pucchi. Thero sammāsambuddhaṃ apadisi. Puna tena "kiṃ vādī panāyasmato satthā"ti puṭṭho "imassa sāsanassa