TIPITAKA Volume 4 : PALI ROMAN Vinaya Pitaka Vol 4 : Vinaya. Mahā (1)

[128] Tena kho pana samayena aññataro māṇavako mātaraṃ jīvitā voropesi . so tena pāpakena kammena aṭṭiyati harāyati jigucchati . athakho tassa māṇavakassa etadahosi kena nu kho ahaṃ upāyena imassa pāpakassa kammassa nikkhantiṃ kareyyanti . Athakho tassa māṇavakassa etadahosi ime kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā dhammacārino samacārino brahmacārino saccavādino sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā sace kho ahaṃ samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajeyyaṃ evāhaṃ imassa pāpakassa kammassa nikkhantiṃ kareyyanti. {128.1} Athakho so māṇavako bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṃ yāci . bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ upāliṃ etadavocuṃ pubbepi kho āvuso upāli nāgo māṇavakavaṇṇena bhikkhūsu pabbajito iṅghāvuso upāli imaṃ māṇavakaṃ anuyuñjāhīti . athakho so māṇavako āyasmatā upālinā anuyuñjiyamāno etamatthaṃ ārocesi . Āyasmā upāli bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi . bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . mātughātako bhikkhave anupasampanno na upasampādetabbo upasampanno nāsetabboti.