So tena puññakammena sugatīsuyeva saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kapilavatthusmiṃ suddhodanamahārājassa aggamahesiyā mahāpajāpatigotamiyā kucchimhi nibbatto, tassa nāmaggahaṇadivase ñātisaṅghaṃ nandayanto jātoti "nando"tveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Tassa vayappattakāle bhagavā pavattitavaradhammacakko lokānuggahaṃ karonto anukkamena kapilavatthuṃ gantvā ñātisamāgame pokkharavassaṃ aṭṭhuppattiṃ katvā vessantarajātakaṃ kathetvā dutiyadivase piṇḍāya paviṭṭho "uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyyā"ti gāthāya pitaraṃ sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāpetvā nivesanaṃ gantvā "dhammañcare sucaritan"ti gāthāya mahāpajāpatiṃ sotāpattiphale rājānaṃ sakadāgāmiphale patiṭṭhāpetvā tatiyadivase nandakumārassa abhisekagehapavesanaāvāha- maṅgalesu vattamānesu piṇḍāya pāvisi. Satthā nandakumārassa hatthe pattaṃ datvā maṅgalaṃ vatvā tassa hatthato pattaṃ aggahetvāva vihāraṃ gato, taṃ pattahatthaṃ vihāraṃ āgataṃ anicchamānaṃyeva pabbājetvā tathāpabbājitattāyeva
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@3 khu.dha. 25/168/47. 4 khu.dha. 25/169/47. Anabhiratiyā pīḷitaṃ ñatvā upāyena tassa taṃ anabhiratiṃ vinodesi. So yoniso paṭisaṅkhāya vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Thero puna divase bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha "yaṃ me bhante bhagavā pāṭibhogo pañcannaṃ accharāsatānaṃ paṭilābhāya kakuṭapādānaṃ, muñcāmahaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ etasmā paṭissavā"ti. Bhagavāpi "yadeva te nanda anupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimuttaṃ, tadāhaṃ mutto etasmā paṭissavā"ti āha. Athassa bhagavā savisesaṃ indriyesu guttadvārataṃ ñatvā taṃ guṇaṃ vibhāvento "etadaggaṃ bhikkhave mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ indriyesu guttadvārānaṃ yadidaṃ nando"ti indriyesu guttadvārabhāvena naṃ etadagge ṭhapesi. Thero hi "indriyāsaṃvaraṃ nissāya imaṃ vippakāraṃ patto, tamahaṃ suṭṭhu niggaṇhissāmī"ti ussāhajāto balavahirottappo tattha ca katādhikārattā indriyasaṃvare ukkaṃsapāramiṃ agamāsi.