sabbepi te niravasesā ahesuṃ ehibhikkhukā"ti.

Tattha surindadevabhavaneti puna devindabhavaneti attho. Dhammanti abhidhammaṃ. Āhanīti abhihani. Varuttamanti varo bhagavā uttamaṃ dhammabherinti attho. Anucarāti nibaddhacarā sevakā. Āsunti ahesuṃ. "tadāsi navutikoṭiyo"tipi pāṭho. Tassa janatā āsi, sā janatā kittakāti ce, navutikoṭiyoti attho.

Atha maṅgale kira lokanāthe mekhale pure viharante tasmiṃyeva pure sudevo ca dhammaseno ca māṇavakā māṇavakasahassaparivārā tassa bhagavato santike ehibhikkhupabbajjāya pabbajiṃsu. Māghapuṇṇamāya dvīsu aggasāvakesu saparivāresu arahattaṃ pattesu satthā koṭisatasahassabhikkhugaṇamajjhe pātimokkhaṃ uddisi, ayaṃ paṭhamo sannipātoti ahosi. Puna uttarārāme nāma anuttare ñātisamāgame pabbajitānaṃ koṭisatasahassānaṃ samāgame pātimokkhaṃ uddisi, ayaṃ dutiyo sannipāto ahosi. Sunandacakkavattibhikkhugaṇasamāgame navutikoṭisahassānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ majjhe pātimokkhaṃ uddisi, ayaṃ tatiyo sannipāto ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[8] "sannipātā tayo āsuṃ maṅgalassa mahesino