Evaṃ sammā vimuttānaṃ kāmabandhoghatārinaṃ

paññāpetuṃ gatī natthi pattānaṃ acalaṃ sukhan"ti evaṃ udānaṃ udānetvā sattasattāhaṃ bodhimūleyeva phalasamāpattisukhena vītināmetvā aṭṭhame sattāhe brahmuno ajjhesanaṃ paṭicca "kassa nu kho ahaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyan"ti upadhārento attanā saddhiṃ pabbajitā dasa

@4 vi.mahā. 4/10/10, Ma.mū. 12/284/245, Ma.Ma. 13/340/322 Bhikkhukoṭiyo addasa. "ime pana kulaputtā samupacitakusalamūlā maṃ pabbajantaṃ anupabbajitā mayā saddhiṃ padhānaṃ caritvā maṃ upaṭṭhahiṃsu, handāhaṃ imesaṃ sabbapaṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyan"ti evaṃ upadhāretvā "idāni pana te kattha vasantī"ti olokento "ito aṭṭhārasayojanike rammavatīnagare devavane viharantī"ti disvā "tesaṃ dhammaṃ desetuṃ gamissāmī"ti pattacīvaramādāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya, evameva bodhimūle antarahito devavane pāturahosi.