Apica bhagavato attānaṃ pariccajāmi, dhammassa, saṃghassa attānaṃ pariccajāmi. Jīvitaṃ pariccajāmi, pariccattoyeva me attā, pariccattaṃyeva me jīvitaṃ, jīvitapariyantikaṃ buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, buddho me saraṇaṃ leṇaṃ tāṇanti evaṃpi attasanniyyātanaṃ veditabbaṃ. "satthārañca vatāhaṃ passeyyaṃ bhagavantameva passeyyaṃ. Sugatañca vatāhaṃpasseyyaṃ bhagavantameva passeyyaṃ, sammāsambuddhañca vatāhaṃ passeyyaṃ bhagavantameva passeyyan"ti evaṃpi mahākassapassa saraṇagamanaṃ viya sissabhāvupagamanaṃ veditabbaṃ.

"so ahaṃ vicarissāmi gāmā gāmaṃ purā puraṃ

namassamāno sambuddhaṃ dhammassa ca sudhammatan"ti

evaṃpi āḷavakādīnaṃ saraṇagamanaṃ viya tapparāyanatā veditabbā. "athakho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavato pādāni mukhena ca paricumbati, pāṇīhi caparisambāhati, nāmañca sāveti `brahmāyu ahaṃ bho gotama brāhmaṇo, brahmāyu ahaṃ bho gotama brāhmaṇo"ti evaṃpi pāṇipāto daṭṭhabbo.