51. Pitughātakavatthu
113. Tena
T1.178 kho pana samayena aññataro māṇavako pitaraṃ jīvitā voropesi .So tena pāpakena kammena aṭṭīyati harāyati jigucchati .
Atha kho tassa māṇavakassa etadahosi ‘‘ kena nu kho ahaṃ upāyena imassa pāpakassa kammassa nikkhantiṃ kareyyan ’’ ti .
Atha kho tassa māṇavakassa etadahosi ‘‘ ime kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā dhammacārino samacārino brahmacārino saccavādino sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā , sace kho ahaṃ samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajeyyaṃ , evāhaṃ imassa pāpakassa kammassa nikkhantiṃ kareyyan ’’ ti .
Atha kho so māṇavako bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṃ yāci .
Bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ upāliṃ etadavocuṃ –
‘‘ pubbepi kho , āvuso upāli , nāgo māṇavakavaṇṇena bhikkhūsu pabbajito , iṅghāvuso , upāli , imaṃ māṇavakaṃ anuyuñjāhī ’’ ti .
Atha kho so māṇavako āyasmatā upālinā anuyuñjīyamāno etamatthaṃ ārocesi .
Āyasmā upāli bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi .
Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ .
Pitughātako , bhikkhave , anupasampanno na upasampādetabbo , upasampanno nāsetabboti .