Gehe nibbatti. Tassa bhinnaṃ raṭṭhaṃ sandhāretuṃ samatthakule nibbattattā raṭṭhapāloti vaṃsānugatameva nāmaṃ ahosi. So mahatā parivārena vaḍḍhanto anukkamena yobbanappatto mātāpitūhi patirūpena dārena saṃyojito mahante ca yase patiṭṭhāpito dibbasampattisadisasampattiṃ paccanubhoti.

Atha bhagavā kururaṭṭhe janapadacārikaṃ caranto thullakoṭṭhikaṃ anupāpuṇi. Taṃ sutvā raṭṭhapālo kulaputto satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitukāmo sattāhaṃ bhattacchedaṃ katvā kicchena kasirena mātāpitaro anujānāpetvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṃ yācitvā satthu āṇattiyā aññatarassa santike pabbajitvā yonisomanasikārena kammaṃ karonto vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Arahattaṃ pana patvā satthāraṃ anujānāpetvā mātāpitaro passituṃ thullakoṭṭhikaṃ gantvā tattha sapadānaṃ piṇḍāya caranto pitu nivesane ābhidosikaṃ kummāsaṃ labhitvā taṃ amataṃ viya paribhuñjanto pitarā nimantito svātanāya adhivāsetvā dutiyadivase pitu nivesane piṇḍapātaṃ paribhuñjitvā alaṅkatapaṭiyatte itthāgārajane upagantvā "kīdisā nāma tā ayyaputta accharāyo, yāsaṃ tvaṃ hetu brahmacariyaṃ carasī"ti- ādīni vatvā palobhanakammaṃ kātuṃ āraddhe tassādhippāyaṃ viparivattetvā aniccatādipaṭisaṃyuttaṃ dhammaṃ kathento:-

"passa cittakataṃ bimbaṃ arukāyaṃ samussitaṃ

āturaṃ bahusaṅkappaṃ yassa natthi dhuvaṃ ṭhiti.