@3 cha.Ma. akatvā 4-4 cha.Ma. sūpaṭṭhitā
Dvepabbajitavatthuvaṇṇanā
[376-377] Ekamidāhanti idaṃ kasmā āraddhaṃ? ayaṃ kira rājā "rūpaṃ attā"ti evaṃladdhiko, tenassa desanāya cittaṃ nādhimuccati. Atha bhagavatā tassa laddhiyā āvikaraṇatthaṃ ekaṃ kāraṇaṃ āharituṃ idamāraddhaṃ. Tatrāyaṃ saṅkhepattho:- ahaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ ghositārāme viharāmi, tatra vasantaṃ maṃ te dve pabbajitā evaṃ pucchiṃsu. Athāhaṃ tesaṃ buddhuppādaṃ dassetvā tantidhammaṃ nāma kathento idamavocaṃ "āvuso saddhāsampanno nāma kulaputto evarūpassa satthusāsane pabbajito evaṃ tividhaṃ sīlaṃ pūretvā paṭhamajjhānādīni patvā ṭhito taṃ jīvan'ti ādīni vadeyya, yuttaṃ nu kho etamassā"ti. Tato tehi "yuttanti vutte "ahaṃ kho panetaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi, evaṃ passāmi atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmī"ti taṃ vādaṃ paṭikkhipitvā uttariṃ khīṇāsavaṃ dassetvā "imassa evaṃ vattuṃ na yuttan"ti avocaṃ. Te mama vacanaṃ sutvā attamanā ahesunti. Evaṃ vutte sopi attamano ahosi. Tenāha "idamavoca bhagavā. Attamano oṭṭhaddho licchavi bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandī"ti.