Sā sāmikena anuññātā gabbhinibhāvaṃ ajānantī devadattapakkhiyāsu bhikkhunīsu pabbaji. Tassā gabbhinibhāvaṃ disvā bhikkhuniyo devadattaṃ pacchiṃsu. So "assamaṇī"ti āha. Sā "nāhaṃ devadattaṃ uddissa pabbajitā, bhagavantaṃ uddissa pabbajitā"ti bhagavato santikaṃ gantvā dasabalaṃ pucchi. Satthā upālittheraṃ paṭicchāpesi. Thero sāvatthinagaravāsīni kulāni visākhañca upāsikaṃ pakkosāpetvā sarājikāya parisāya taṃ vinicchinanto "pure laddho gabbho, arogā pabbajjā"ti āha. Taṃ sutvā satthā "sādhu vinicchitaṃ upālinā adhikaraṇan"ti therassa sādhukāraṃ adāsi.

Sā bhikkhunī suvaṇṇabimbasadisaṃ puttaṃ vijāyi. Taṃ rājā pasenadikosalo "dārakapariharaṇaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ palibodho"ti dhātīnaṃ dāpetvā posāpesi, kassapotissa nāmaṃ kariṃsu. Aparabhāge alaṅkaritvā satthu santikaṃ netvā pabbājesi. Kumārakāle pabbajitattā pana bhagavatā "kassapaṃ pakkosatha, idaṃ phalaṃ vā khādanīyaṃ vā kassapassa dethā"ti vutte "katarakassapassā"ti "kumārakassapassā"ti evaṃ gahitanāmattā raññā posāvanīyaputtattā ca vuddhakālepi kumārakassapotveva paññāyittha.

So pabbajitakālato paṭṭhāya vipassanāya kammaṃ karoti, buddhavacanañca uggaṇhāti. Atha tena saddhiṃ pabbatamatthake samaṇadhammaṃ katvā anāgāmī hutvā

Suddhāvāse nibbattamahābrahmā "vipassanāya mukhaṃ dassetvā maggaphaluppattiyā upāyaṃ karissāmī"ti pañcadasapañhe abhisaṅkharitvā andhavane vasantassa therassa "ime pañhe satthāraṃ puccheyyāsī"ti ācikkhi. Tato so te pañhe bhagavantaṃ pucchi. Bhagavāpissa vissajjesi. Thero bhagavatā kathitaniyāmeneva te uggaṇhitvā vipassanaṃ gabbhaṃ gāhāpetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.