Mahākassapatthero taṃ disvā "ayaṃ amhākaṃ satthā bhavissati, imaṃ ahaṃ uddissa pabbajito"ti diṭṭhaṭṭhānato paṭṭhāya onato gantvā tīsu ṭhānesu vanditvā "satthā me bhante bhagavā, sāvakohamasmi, satthā me bhante bhagavā, sāvakohamasmī"ti āha. Atha naṃ bhagavā āha "kassapa sace tvaṃ imaṃ nipaccakāraṃ mahāpaṭhaviyā kareyyāsi, sāpi dhāretuṃ na sakkuṇeyya, tathāgatassa pana evaṃ guṇamahantataṃ jānatā tayā kato nipaccakāro mayhaṃ lomampi cāletuṃ na sakkoti, nisīda kassapa, dāyajjaṃ te dassāmī"ti. Athassa bhagavā tīhi ovādehi upasampadaṃ adāsi. Datvā ca bahuputtanigrodhamūlato nikkhamitvā theraṃ pacchāsamaṇaṃ katvā maggaṃ paṭipajji. Satthu sarīraṃ dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇavicittaṃ, mahākassapassa sattamahāpurisalakkhaṇapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ, so kañcananāvāya pacchābaddho viya satthu padānupadikaṃ anugacchi. Satthā thokaṃ maggaṃ gantvā maggā okkamma aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisajjākāraṃ dassesi. Thero "satthā nisīditukāmo"ti ñatvā attano paṭapilotikaṃ saṅghāṭiṃ catugguṇaṃ katvā paññapesi.
Satthā tattha nisīditvā hatthena cīvaraṃ parimajjanto "mudukā kho tyāyaṃ kassapa paṭapilotikā saṅghāṭī"ti āha. So "satthā me saṅghāṭiyā mudubhāvaṃ kathesi, pārupitukāmo bhavissatī"ti ñatvā "pārupatu bhante bhagavā saṅghāṭin"ti āha. Kiṃ tvaṃ pārupissasi kassapāti. Tumhākaṃ nivāsanaṃ labhanto pārupissāmi bhanteti. Kiṃ pana tvaṃ kassapa imaṃ paribhogajiṇṇaṃ paṃsukūlaṃ dhāretuṃ sakkhissasi, mayā hi imassa paṃsukūlassa gahitadivase udakapariyantaṃ katvā mahāpaṭhavī kampi, imaṃ buddhaparibhogajiṇṇacīvaraṃ nāma na sakkā parittaguṇena dhāretuṃ,
Paṭibalenevidaṃ paṭipatti pūraṇasamatthena jātipaṃsukūlikena dhāretuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti vatvā therena saddhiṃ cīvaraṃ parivattesi.
Evaṃ cīvaraṃ parivattetvā therassa cīvaraṃ bhagavā pārupi, satthu cīvaraṃ thero. Tasmiṃ khaṇe acetanāpi ayaṃ mahāpaṭhavī "dukkaraṃ bhante akattha, attano pārutacīvaraṃ sāvakena parivattitapubbaṃ nāma nāhosi, ahaṃ tumhākaṃ guṇaṃ dhāretuṃ na sakkomī"ti vadantī viya udakapariyantaṃ katvā kampi. Theropi "laddhaṃ me buddhānaṃ paribhogacīvaraṃ, kiṃ me idāni uttari kattabban"ti unnatiṃ akatvā satthu santikeyeva terasa dhutaguṇe samādāya sattadivasamattaṃ puthujjano ahosi. Aṭṭhame divase saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Atha naṃ satthā "kassapo bhikkhave candūpamo kulāni upasaṅkamati, apakasseva kāyaṃ apakassa cittaṃ niccanavako kulesu appagabbho"ti evamādinā pasaṃsitvā aparabhāge ariyagaṇamajjhe nisinno "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhutavādānaṃ yadidaṃ mahākassapo"ti dhutavādānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi.