missaṃ nandīhi gacchantaṃ kiṃ jānamanupucchasīti.

Tattha mamanti ahaṃ janaṃ pahāya gacchāmi taṃ maṃ ohāya gacchantaṃ. Etthāti etasmiṃ ṭhāne eso mahājano abhisaṭo anubandhanto āgato. Sīmātikkamanaṃ yantanti tavaṃ pana kiṃ pucchasi maṃ kilesasīmaṃ atikkamma anāgāriyamuniñāṇasaṃkhātassa monassa pattiyā yantaṃ pabbajitaṃ. Missaṃ nandīhi gacchantanti pabbajitomhīti nandiṃ avijahitvā khaṇe khaṇe uppajjamānāhi nandīhi missameva gacchantaṃ kiṃ jānanto pucchasi udāhu ajānanto mahājanako kira videharaṭṭhaṃ chaḍḍetvā pabbajitoti kiṃ sāsanaṃ na sutaṃ tayāti.

Athassa so daḷhasamādānatthāya puna gāthamāha

māssu tiṇṇo amaññittho sarīraṃ dhārayaṃ imaṃ