Atha kho yaso kulaputto suvaṇṇapādukāyo ārohitvā yena nivesanadvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami, amanussā dvāraṃ vivariṃsu "mā yasassa kulaputtassa koci antarāyamakāsi agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjāyā"ti. Atha kho yaso kulaputto yena nagaradvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami, amanussā dvāraṃ vivariṃsu "mā yasassa kulaputtassa koci antarāyamakāsi agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjāyā"ti. Atha kho yaso kulaputto yena isipatanaṃ migadāyo tenupasaṅkami.
Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhāya ajjhokāse caṅkamati, addasā kho bhagavā yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ, disvāna caṅkamā orohitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Atha kho yaso kulaputto bhagavato avidūre udānesi "upaddutaṃ vata bho, upassaṭṭhaṃ vata bho"ti. Atha kho bhagavā yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ etadavoca "idaṃ kho yasa anupaddutaṃ, idaṃ anupassaṭṭhaṃ, ehi yasa nisīda, dhammaṃ te desessāmī"ti. Atha kho yaso kulaputto "idaṃ kira anupaddutaṃ, idaṃ anupassaṭṭhan"ti haṭṭho udaggo suvaṇṇapādukāhi orohitvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi, ekamantaṃ nisinnassa kho yasassa kulaputtassa bhagavā anupubbiṃ kathaṃ kathesi, seyyathidaṃ, dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ Saṅkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi. Dayā bhagavā aññāsi yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ kallacittaṃ muducittaṃ vinīvaraṇacittaṃ udaggacittaṃ pasannacittaṃ, atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā, taṃ pakāsesi dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ. Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya, evameva yasassa kulaputtassa tasmiṃyeva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi "yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ, sabbantaṃ nirodhadhamman"ti.
Atha kho yasassa kulaputtassa mātā pāsādaṃ abhiruhitvā yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ apassantī yena seṭṭhi gahapati tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca "putto te gahapati yaso na dissatī"ti atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati catuddisā assadūte uyyojetvā sāmaṃyeva yena isipatanaṃ migadāyo tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho seṭṭhi gahapati suvaṇṇapādukānaṃ nikkhepaṃ, disvāna taṃyeva anugamāsi. Addasā kho bhagavā seṭṭhiṃ gahapatiṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ, disvāna bhagavato etadahosi "yannūnāhaṃ tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhareyyaṃ, yathā seṭṭhi gahapati idha nisinno idha nisinnaṃ yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ na passeyyā"ti. Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkharesi. Atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca "api bhante bhagavā yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ passeyyā"ti. Tena hi gahapati nisīda, appeva nāma idha nisinno idha nisinnaṃ yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ passeyyāsīti. Atha kho seṭṭhi gahapati "idheva kirāhaṃ nisinno idha nisinnaṃ yasaṃ kulaputtaṃ passissāmī"ti haṭṭho udaggo bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi, ekamantaṃ nisinnassa kho seṭṭhissa gahapatissa bhagavā anupubbiṃ kathaṃ kathesi .pe. Aparappaccayo satthu sāsane bhagavantaṃ etadavoca "abhikkantaṃ bhante, abhikkantaṃ bhante, seyyathāpi bhante Nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya `cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī'ti, evameva bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṃghañca, upāsakaṃ maṃ bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti. Sova loke paṭhamaṃ upāsako ahosi tevāciko.