Tena kho pana samayena aññataro māṇavako pitaraṁ jīvitā voropesi. So tena pāpakena kammena aṭṭīyati harāyati jigucchati. Atha kho tassa māṇavakassa etadahosi— “kena nu kho ahaṁ upāyena imassa pāpakassa kammassa nikkhantiṁ kareyyan”ti. Atha kho tassa māṇavakassa etadahosi— “ime kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā dhammacārino samacārino brahmacārino saccavādino sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā, sace kho ahaṁ samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajeyyaṁ, evāhaṁ imassa pāpakassa kammassa nikkhantiṁ kareyyan”ti. Atha kho so māṇavako bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṁ yāci. Bhikkhū āyasmantaṁ upāliṁ etadavocuṁ— “pubbepi kho, āvuso upāli, nāgo māṇavakavaṇṇena bhikkhūsu pabbajito. Iṅghāvuso, upāli, imaṁ māṇavakaṁ anuyuñjāhī”ti. Atha kho so māṇavako āyasmatā upālinā anuyuñjīyamāno etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Āyasmā upāli bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. “Pitughātako, bhikkhave, anupasampanno na upasampādetabbo, upasampanno nāsetabbo”ti.

52. Arahantaghātakavatthu