[6] Mātā pitā na me dessā napi me dessaṃ mahāyasaṃ
sabbaññutaṃ piyaṃ mayhaṃ tasmā rajjaṃ pariccajin"ti.
Tattha kevalanti anavasesaṃ itthāgāraṃ samuddapariyantañca paṭhaviṃ pabbajjādhippāyena cajamāno evaṃ me sammāsambodhi sakkā adhigantunti bodhiyāyeva kāraṇā na kiñci cintesiṃ, na tattha īsakaṃ laggaṃ janesinti attho. Tasmāti yasmā mātāpitaro tañca mahāyasaṃ rajjañca me na dessaṃ, piyameva, tato pana sataguṇena sahassaguṇena satasahassaguṇena sabbaññutaññāṇameva mayhaṃ piyataraṃ, tasmā mātādīhi saddhiṃ rajjaṃ ahaṃ tadā pariccajinti.
Tadetaṃ sabbaṃ pariccajitvā pabbajjāya mahāsatte nikkhamante tassa kaniṭṭhabhātā yudhiṭṭhilakumāro. Nāma pitaraṃ vanditvā pabbajjaṃ anujānāpetvā bodhisattaṃ anubandhi. Te ubhopi nagarā nikkhamma mahājanaṃ nivattetvā himavantaṃ pavisitvā manorame ṭhāne assamapadaṃ katvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā jhānābhiññāyo nibbattetvā vanamūlaphalādīhi yāvajīvaṃ yāpetvā brahmalokaparāyaṇā ahesuṃ. Tenāha bhagavā:-