Sutvāna buddhavacanaṃ bhikkhu ca ñāṇavā idha

so kho naṃ abhijānāti yathābhūtaṃ hi passati

yathā idaṃ tathā etaṃ yathā etaṃ tathā idaṃ

ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca kāye nandaṃ virajjahaṃ. Ayyaputta imaṃ kāyaṃ alaṅkaritvā kiṃ karissāmi nanu imassa alaṅkatakaraṇaṃ gūthapuṇṇaghaṭassa bahicittakammakaraṇaṃ viya hotīti. Seṭṭhiputto taṃ tassā vacanaṃ sutvā āha bhadde tvaṃ imassa sarīrassa evaṃ dose passamānā kasmā na pabbajissasīti. Ayyaputta ahaṃ pabbajjaṃ labhamānā ajjeva pabbajeyyanti. Seṭṭhiputto sādhu ahaṃ taṃ pabbājessāmīti vatvā mahādānaṃ pavattetvā mahāsakkāraṃ katvā mahantena parivārena bhikkhunūpassayaṃ netvā naṃ pabbājento devadattapakkhiyānaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ santike pabbājesi. Sā pabbajjaṃ labhitvā paripuṇṇasaṅkappā attamanā ahosi. Athassā gabbhe paripākaṃ gacchante indriyānaṃ aññathattaṃ hatthapādapiṭṭhīnaṃ bahalattaṃ udarapaṭalassa ca mahattaṃ disvā bhikkhuniyo taṃ pucchiṃsu ayye tvaṃ gabbhinī viya paññāyasi kiṃ etanti. Ayyā idaṃ nāma kāraṇanti na jānāmi sīlampana me paripuṇṇanti. Atha naṃ tā bhikkhuniyo devadattassa santikaṃ netvā devadattaṃ pucchiṃsu ayya ayaṃ kuladhītā kicchena sāmikaṃ ārādhetvā pabbajjaṃ labhi idāni panassā gabbho paññāyati mayaṃ imassa gabbhassa gihikāle vā pabbajitakāle vā laddhabhāvaṃ na jānāma kiṃdāni Karomāti. Devadatto attano abuddhabhāvena khantimettānudayānañca natthitāya evaṃ cintesi devadattassa pakkhikā bhikkhunī kucchiyā gabbhaṃ pariharati devadatto pana ajjhupekkhatiyevāti mayhaṃ garahā uppajjissati mayā imaṃ uppabbājetuṃ vaṭṭatīti. So avīmaṃsitvā selaguḷaṃ pavaṭṭayamāno viya pakkhanditvā gacchatha imaṃ upabbājethāti āha. Tā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā uṭṭhāya vanditvā upassayaṃ gatā. Atha sā daharā bhikkhuniyo āha ayyā na devadattatthero buddho napi tassa santike mayhaṃ pabbajjā loke pana aggapuggalassa sammāsambuddhassa santike mayhaṃ pabbajjā sā pana me dukkhena laddhā mā naṃ antaradhāpetha etha maṃ gahetvā satthu santike jetavanaṃ gacchathāti. Tā taṃ ādāya rājagahā pañcacattāḷīsayojanikamaggaṃ atikkamma anupubbena jetavanaṃ patvā satthāraṃ vanditvā tamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ.