Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 94
Paññāsagihisahāyakapabbajā
16: The Going-Forth of the Fifty Householder Friends
Assosuṁ kho āyasmato Yasassa paññāsamattā gihisahāyakā,
o About fifty of the venerable Yasa’s householder friends,
Jānapadā pubbānupubbakānaṁ kulānaṁ puttā:
sons of the traditional leading families 149 in the State heard:
“Yaso kira kulaputto kesamassuṁ ohāretvā,
“The young man Yasa, it seems, after shaving off his hair and beard,
kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā, agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.” ti
and donning brown garments, has gone forth from the home to the homeless life.”
Sutvāna nesaṁ etad-ahosi:
After hearing (it), this occurred to them:
“Na hi nūna so orako Dhammavinayo, na sā orakā pabbajjā
“This is not an inferior Dhamma and Discipline, not an inferior going-forth
yattha Yaso kulaputto kesamassuṁ ohāretvā,
in which the young man Yasa, after shaving off his hair and beard,
kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā, agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.” ti
and donning brown garments, has gone forth from the home to the homeless life.”
Te yenāyasmā Yaso tenupasaṅkamiṁsu,
They approached the venerable Yasa,
upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ Yasaṁ abhivādetvā, ekam-antaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.
and after approaching and worshipping the venerable Yasa, they sat down on one
side.
Atha kho āyasmā Yaso te paññāsamatte gihisahāyake ādāya
Then the venerable Yasa took those fifty householder friends
yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,
and approached the Gracious One,
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā, ekam-antaṁ nisīdi.
and after approaching and worshipping the Gracious One, he sat down on one side.
Ekam-antaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā Yaso Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:
While sitting on one side the venerable Yasa said this to the Gracious One:
149 Comm: paveṇivasena porāṇānuporāṇānan-ti attho; ancient and not-so-ancient on account
of their lineage is the meaning.