Mahānipātavaṇṇanā

brahmanāradajātakaṃ

ahu rājā videhānanti idaṃ satthā laṭṭhivanuyyāne viharanto uruvelakassapassa damanaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Yadā hi satthā pavattitapavaradhammacakko uruvelakassapādayo tayo jaṭile dametvā magadharājassa paṭissavaṃ visajjāpetuṃ purāṇajaṭilasahassa parivuto laṭṭhivanuyyānaṃ agamāsi. Tadā dvādasanahutāya parisāya saddhiṃ āgantvā dasabalaṃ vanditvā nisinnassa magadharañño parisabbhantare brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ parivitakko udapādi kinnu kho uruvelakassapo mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carati udāhu mahāsamaṇo uruvelakassape brahmacariyaṃ caratīti. Atha bhagavā tesaṃ cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya kassapassa mama santike pabbajitabhāvaṃ jānāpessāmīti cintetavā imaṃ gāthamāha