Visuddhimagga IX-66

So pabbājanatthāya sīmaṃ nīto taṃ sahassatthavikaṃ ovaṭṭikantarena bhūmiyaṃ pātesi. ‘‘Kimeta’’nti ca vutte ‘‘kahāpaṇasahassaṃ, bhante’’ti vatvā ‘‘upāsaka, pabbajitakālato paṭṭhāya na sakkā vicāretuṃ, idānevetaṃ vicārehī’’ti vutte ‘‘visākhassa pabbajjaṭṭhānamāgatā mā rittahatthā gamiṃsū’’ti muñcitvā sīmāmāḷake vippakiritvā pabbajitvā upasampanno.

正当领导他到出家的坛场准备出家之时，他便让腰带之内的千金之袋落地。长老问：「这是什么？」答：「尊师！是千两金。」「优婆塞！出家之后是不能蓄钱的；现在你当应用它。」他想：「来到毗舍佉出家之处的人们，不要让他们空手回去吧。」即解开钱袋，在戒坛的庭院分散了（千金），然后出家及受具足戒。

Ñ(IX,66): Eventually he came to the Great Monastery [(Mahāvihāra) at Anurādhapura], and there he asked for the going forth into homelessness. When he was being conducted to the chapter house (sīmā) for the going-forth ceremony, the purse containing the thousand pieces dropped out from under his belt. When asked 'What is that?', he replied, 'It is a thousand ducats, venerable sirs'. They told him, 'Lay follower, it is not possible to distribute them after the going forth. Distribute them now'. Then he said, 'Let none who have come to the scene of Visākha's going forth depart empty-handed', and opening [the purse] he strewed them over the chapter house yard, after which he received the going forth and the full admission.