Tesu cullapanthako atidaharo mahāpanthako pana ayyakena saddhiṃ dasabalassa dhammakathaṃ sotuṃ gacchati. Tassa niccaṃ satthu sammukhā dhammaṃ suṇantassa pabbajjāya cittaṃ nami. So ayyakaṃ āha sace tumhe sampaṭicchatha ahaṃ pabbajeyyanti. Kiṃ vadesi tāta tvaṃ mayhaṃ piyo sakalalokassāpi pabbajitato taveva pabbajjā bhaddakā sace sakkosi pabbaja tātāti sampaṭicchitvā satthu santikaṃ gato. Satthā kiṃ mahāseṭṭhi ayaṃ dārako te laddhoti. Āma bhante ayaṃ dārako mayhaṃ nattā tumhākaṃ santike pabbajāmīti vadatīti āha. Satthā aññataraṃ piṇḍapātikabhikkhuṃ imaṃ dārakaṃ pabbājehīti āṇāpesi. Thero tassa tacapañcakakammaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā pabbājesi. So bahuṃ buddhavacanaṃ uggaṇhitvā paripuṇṇavasso upasampadaṃ labhitvā upasampanno yonisomanasikārena kammaṭṭhānaṃ karonto arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.

So jhānasukhena ca maggasukhena ca vītināmento cintesi sakkā nu kho imaṃ sukhaṃ cullapanthakassa dātunti. Tato ayyakaseṭṭhissa santikaṃ gantvā mahāseṭṭhi sace tumhe sampaṭicchatha ahaṃ Cullapanthakaṃ pabbājessāmīti āha. Pabbājetha bhanteti. Thero cullapanthakadārakaṃ pabbājetvā dasasu sīlesu patiṭṭhāpesi. Cullapanthakasāmaṇero pabbajitvāva dandho ahosi. Yathāha

paddamaṃ yathā kokanadaṃ sugandhaṃ

pāto siyā phullamavītagandhaṃ