Tena kho pana samayena te jaṭilā sītāsu hemantikāsu rattīsu antaraṭṭhakāsu himapātasamaye najjā nerañjarāya ummujjantipi nimujjantipi ummujjananimujjanampi karonti. Atha kho bhagavā pañcamattāni mandāmukhisatāni abhinimmini yattha te jaṭilā uttaritvā visibbesuṃ. Atha kho tesaṃ jaṭilānaṃ etadahosi "nissaṃsayaṃ kho mahāsamaṇassa iddhānubhāvo yathayimā mandāmukhiyo nimmitā"ti. Atha kho uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa etadahosi "mahiddhiko kho mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo, yatra hi nāma tāva bahū mandāmukhiyopi abhinimminissati, na tveva ca kho arahā yathā ahan"ti.
Tena kho pana samayena mahā akālamegho pāvassi, mahā udakavāhako sañjāyi, yasmiṃ padese bhagavā viharati so padeso udakena na otthaṭo hoti. Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi "yannūnāhaṃ samantā udakaṃ ussāretvā majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkameyyan"ti. Atha kho bhagavā samantā udakaṃ ussāretvā majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkami. Atha kho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo "māheva kho mahāsamaṇo udakena vūḷho ahosī"ti nāvāya sambahulehi jaṭilehi
Saddhiṃ yasmiṃ padese bhagavā viharati, taṃ padesaṃ agamāsi. Addasā kho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo bhagavantaṃ samantā udakaṃ ussāretvā majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkamantaṃ, disvāna bhagavantaṃ etadavoca "idaṃ nu tvaṃ mahāsamaṇā"ti. "ayamahamasmi kassapā"ti bhagavā vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā nāvāya paccuṭṭhāsi. Atha kho uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa etadahosi "mahiddhiko kho mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo, yatra hi nāma udakampi na pavāhissati, na tveva ca kho arahā yathā ahan"ti.
Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi "cirampi kho imassa moghapurisassa evaṃ bhavissati `mahiddhiko kho mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo, na tveva ca kho arahā yathā ahan'ti, yannūnāhaṃ imaṃ jaṭilaṃ saṃvejeyyan"ti. Atha kho bhagavā uruvelakassapaṃ jaṭilaṃ etadavoca "neva ca kho tvaṃ kassapa arahā, nāpi arahattamaggasamāpanno, sāpi te paṭipadā natthi, yāya tvaṃ arahā vā assasi arahattamaggaṃ vā samāpanno"ti. Atha kho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca "labheyyāhaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ, labheyyaṃ upasampadan"ti. Tvaṃ khosi kassapa pañcannaṃ jaṭilasatānaṃ nāyako vināyako aggo pamukho pāmokkho, tepi tāva apalokehi, yathā te maññissanti, tathā te karissantīti. Atha kho uruvelakassapo jaṭilo yena te jaṭilā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamatvā te jaṭile etadavoca "icchāmahaṃ bho mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ, yathā bhavanto maññanti tathā karontū"ti. Cirapaṭikā mayaṃ bho mahāsamaṇe abhippasannā, sace bhavaṃ mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carissati, sabbeva mayaṃ mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṃ carissāmāti. Atha kho te jaṭilā kesamissaṃ jaṭāmissaṃ khārikājamissaṃ aggihutamissaṃ udake pavāhetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ "labheyyāma mayaṃ bhante bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ, labheyyāma upasampadan"ti. "etha bhikkhavo"ti bhagavā avoca "svākkhāto dhammo, caratha brahmacariyaṃ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā"ti. Sāva tesaṃ āyasmantānaṃ upasampadā ahosi.