[455] Then, Ānanda, after the passing of many years, many hundreds of years, many thousands of years, the son of King Maghadeva addressed his barber: "My dear barber, when you see grey hairs grown on my head, then you should tell me." "Yes, sire," Ānanda, the barber replied to the son of King Maghadeva. And after the passing of many years, many hundreds of years, many thousands of years, Ānanda, the barber saw grey hairs grown on the head of the son of King Maghadeva; and having seen them, he said to the son of King Maghadeva: "The messengers of the gods (devadūtā) have appeared to Your Majesty; grey hairs are seen grown upon your head."
"Well then, my dear barber, carefully pull out those grey hairs with tweezers and place them in my cupped hands."
"Yes, sire," Ānanda, the barber replied to the son of King Maghadeva, and having carefully pulled out those grey hairs with tweezers, he placed them in the cupped hands of the son of King Maghadeva. Then, Ānanda, the son of King Maghadeva, having given a boon-village to the barber, had the prince, his eldest son, summoned and said this: "Dear prince, the messengers of the gods have appeared to me; grey hairs are seen grown upon my head. The pleasures that are human I have enjoyed; now it is time to seek heavenly pleasures. Come, dear prince, take up this kingship. As for me, I shall shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robes, and go forth from the household life into homelessness. Therefore, dear prince, when you too see grey hairs grown on your head, then, having given a boon-village to the barber and having carefully instructed the prince, your eldest son, in kingship, you should shave off your hair and beard, put on the ochre robes, and go forth from the household life into homelessness. You should keep in motion this good practice that has been established by me; do not be my final man. Dear prince, in whatever generation of men, while it is in progress, the cutting off of such a good practice occurs, the man in whom it is cut off is the final man of them. Therefore, dear prince, I say this to you: you should keep in motion this good practice that has been established by me; do not be my final man."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.