1.30 Likhitakacoravatthu

Tena kho pana samayena aññataro puriso corikaṃ katvā palāyitvā bhikkhūsu pabbajito hoti. So ca rañño antepure likhito hoti—  yattha passati, tattha hantabboti. Manussā passitvā evamāhaṃsu—

“ayaṃ so likhitako coro. Handa naṃ hanāmā”ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu—

“māyyo, evaṃ avacuttha. Anuññātaṃ raññā māgadhena seniyena bimbisārena ‘ye samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajanti, na te labbhā kiñci kātuṃ, svākkhāto dhammo, carantu brahmacariyaṃ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā’”ti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—

“abhayūvarā ime samaṇā sakyaputtiyā, nayime labbhā kiñci kātuṃ. Kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā likhitakaṃ coraṃ pabbājessantī”ti. Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. “Na, bhikkhave, likhitako coro pabbājetabbo. Yo pabbājeyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti.