Tadā hi mahāsatto bārāṇasiyaṃ aññatarasmiṃ brāhmaṇamahāsālakule nibbatti, tassa "sacco"ti nāmaṃ kariṃsu. So vayappatto takkasilaṃ gantvā disāpāmokkhassa ācariyassa santike sippaṃ uggaṇhitvā nacirasseva sabbasippānaṃ nipphattiṃ patto ācariyena anuññāto bārāṇasiṃ paccāgantvā mātāpitaro vanditvā tehi abhinandiyamāno tesaṃ cittānurakkhaṇatthaṃ katipāhaṃ tesaṃ santike vasi. Atha naṃ mātāpitaro patirūpena dārena saṃyojetukāmā sabbaṃ vibhavajātaṃ ācikkhitvā gharāvāsena nimantesuṃ.

Mahāsatto nekkhammajjhāsayo attano nekkhammapāramiṃ paribrūhetukāmo gharāvāse ādīnavaṃ pabbajjāya ānisaṃsañca nānappakārato kathetvā mātāpitūnaṃ assumukhānaṃ rodamānānaṃ aparimāṇaṃ bhogakkhandhaṃ anantaṃ yasaṃ mahantañca ñātiparivaṭṭaṃ pahāya mahānāgova ayasaṅkhalikaṃ gharabandhanaṃ chindanto nikkhamitvā himavantappadesaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā vanamūlaphalāphalehi yāpento nacirasseva aṭṭha samāpattiyo pañca ca abhiññāyo nibbattetvā jhānakīḷaṃ kīḷayamāno samāpattivihārena viharati.

So ekadivasaṃ dibbacakkhunā lokaṃ olokento addasa sakalajambudīpe manusse yebhuyyena pāṇātipātādidasaakusalakammapathapasute kāmanidānaṃ kāmādhikāraṇaṃ aññamaññaṃ vivādāpanne. Disvā evaṃ cintesi "na kho pana metaṃ patirūpaṃ, yadidaṃ ime satte evaṃ pāpapasute vivādāpanne ca disvā ajjhupekkhaṇaṃ. Ahaṃ hi `satte saṃsārapaṅkato uddharitvā nibbānathale patiṭṭhapessāmī'ti mahāsambodhiyānaṃ paṭipanno, tasmā taṃ paṭiññaṃ avisaṃvādento yannūnāhaṃ manussapathaṃ gantvā te te satte pāpato oramāpeyyaṃ, vivādañca nesaṃ vūpasameyyan"ti.