Tattha tatra maṃ aññataro te sabrahmacārīti tatra rājagahe gijjhakūṭe pabbate viharantaṃ maṃ aññataro tava sabrahmacārī nigrodho nāma paribbājako. Adhijiguccheti viriyena pāpajigucchanādhikāre pañhaṃ pucchi. Idaṃ yaṃ taṃ bhagavā gijjhakūṭe mahāvihāre nisinno udumbarikāya deviyā uyyāne nisinnassa nigrodhassa ca paribbājakassa sandhānassa ca upāsakassa dibbāya sotadhātuyā kathāsallāpaṃ sutvā ākāsenāgantvā tesaṃ santike paññatte āsane nisīditvā nigrodhena adhijegucche puṭṭhapañhaṃ vissajjesi, taṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ. Paraṃ viya mattāyāti paramāya mattāya, atimahanteneva pamāṇenāti attho. Ko hi bhanteti ṭhapetvā andhabālaṃ diṭṭhigatikaṃ añño paṇḍitajātiko "ko nāma bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā na attamano assā"ti vadati. Labheyyāhanti idaṃ so "ciraṃ vata me aniyyānikapakkhe yojetvā attā kilamito, `sukkhanadītīre nhāyissāmī'ti samparivattentena viya thuse koṭṭentena viya na koci attho nipphādito. Handāhaṃ attānaṃ yoge yojessāmī"ti cintento āha.

[405] Atha bhagavā yo anena khandhake titthiyaparivāso paññatto, yaṃ aññatitthiyapubbo sāmaṇerabhūmiyaṃ ṭhito "ahaṃ bhante itthannāmo aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhāmi upasampadaṃ svāhaṃ bhante saṃghaṃ cattāro māse parivāsaṃ yācāmī"ti ādinā nayena samādiyitvā parivasati, taṃ sandhāya "yo kho kassapa aññatitthiyapubbo"ti ādimāha.

Tattha pabbajjanti vacanasiliṭṭhatāvaseneva vuttaṃ, aparivasitvāyeva hi pabbajjaṃ labhati. Upasampadatthikena pana nātikālena gāmappavesanādīni aṭṭhavattāni