aṅgīrasaṃ passa virocamānaṃ
tapantamādiccamivantalikkheti imaṃ ekagāthaṃ catūhi māsehi gaṇhituṃ nāsakkhi. So kira kassapasammāsambuddhakāle pabbajitvā paññavā hutvā aññatarassa dandhabhikkhuno uddesagahaṇakāle parihāsakeḷiṃ akāsi. So bhikkhu tena parihāsena lajjito neva uddesaṃ gaṇhi na sajjhāyamakāsi. Tena kammenāyaṃ pabbajitvāva dandho jāto. Gahitagahitapadaṃ uparuparipadaṃ gaṇhantassa nassati. Tassa imameva gāthaṃ gahetuṃ vāyamantassa cattāro māsā atikkantā. Atha naṃ mahāpanthako cullapanthaka tvaṃ imasmiṃ sāsane abhabbo catūhi māsehi ekaṃ gāthaṃ gahetuṃ na sakkosi pabbajitakiccaṃ pana tvaṃ kathaṃ matthakaṃ pāpessasi nikkhama itoti vihārā nikkaḍḍhi. Cullapanthako buddhasāsane sinehena gihibhāvaṃ na paṭṭheti.
Tasmiṃ kāle mahāpanthako bhattuddesako ahosi. Jīvako komārabhacco bahugandhamālaṃ ādāya attano ambavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ pūjetvā dhammaṃ sutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā dasabalaṃ vanditvā Mahāpanthakaṃ upasaṅkamitvā kittakā bhante satthu santike bhikkhūti pucchi. Pañcamattāni bhikkhusatānīti. Sve bhante buddhappamukhāni pañcabhikkhusatāni ādāya amhākaṃ nivesane bhikkhaṃ gaṇhathāti. Upāsaka cullapanthako nāma dandho aviruḷhadhammo taṃ ṭhapetvā sesānaṃ nimantanaṃ paṭicchāmīti thero āha. Taṃ sutvā cullapanthako cintesi mayhaṃ bhātikatthero ettakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ nimantanaṃ sampaṭicchanto maṃ bāhiraṃ katvā sampaṭicchati nissaṃsayaṃ mayhaṃ bhātikassa mayi cittaṃ bhinnaṃ bhavissati kiṃ idāni mayhaṃ iminā sāsanena gihī hutvā dānādīni puññāni karonto jīvissāmīti. So punadivase pātova gihī bhavissāmīti pāyāsi. Satthā paccūsakāle lokaṃ volokento imaṃ kāraṇaṃ disvāyeva paṭhamataraṃ gantvā cullapanthakassa gamanamagge dvārakoṭṭhake caṅkamanto aṭṭhāsi. Cullapanthako gharaṃ gacchanto satthāraṃ disvā upasaṅkamitvā vandi. Atha naṃ satthā kahaṃ pana cullapanthaka imāya velāya gacchasīti āha. Bhātā maṃ bhante nikkaḍḍhati tenāhaṃ gihī bhavissāmīti gacchāmīti. Cullapanthaka tava pabbajjā nāma mama santike bhātarā nikkaḍḍhito kasmā mama santikaṃ nāgacchasi ehi kinte gihibhāvena mama santike bhavissasīti cullapanthakaṃ ādāya gantvā gandhakuṭippamukhe naṃ nisīdāpetvā cullapanthaka puratthābhimukho hutvā imaṃ pilotikaṃ rajoharaṇaṃ rajoharaṇanti parimajjanto idheva hohīti iddhiyā abhisaṅkhataṃ parisuddhapilotikaṃ datvā kāle ārocite bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto jīvakassa nivesanaṃ Gantvā paññattāsane nisīdi. Cullapanthakopi suriyaṃ olokento taṃ pilotikakhaṇḍaṃ rajoharaṇaṃ rajoharaṇanti parimajjanto nisīdi. Tassa taṃ parimajjantassa kiliṭṭhaṃ ahosi. Tato cintesi idaṃ pilotikakhaṇḍaṃ ativiya parisuddhaṃ idaṃ pana attabhāvaṃ nissāya purimapakatiṃ pajahitvā evaṃ kiliṭṭhaṃ jātaṃ aniccā vata saṅkhārāti khayavayaṃ paṭṭhapento vipassanaṃ vaḍḍheti. Satthā cullapanthakassa cittaṃ vipassanaṃ āruḷhanti ñatvā cullapanthaka tvaṃ etaṃ pilotikakhaṇḍameva saṅkiliṭṭhaṃ rajarañjitaṃ jātanti mā saññaṃ kari abbhantare pana te rāgarajādayo atthi te harāhīti vatvā obhāsaṃ vissajjetvā purato nisinno viya paññāyamānarūpo hutvā imā gāthā abhāsi