[519] Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, she stood to one side. Standing to one side, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, how am I to proceed with regard to these Sākiyan women?"
Then the Blessed One instructed, roused, inspired, and gladdened Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī with a talk on the Dhamma. Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, having been instructed, roused, inspired, and gladdened by the Blessed One with a talk on the Dhamma, paid homage to the Blessed One, circumambulated him keeping her right side towards him, and departed.
Then the Blessed One, on account of that occasion, in that connection, having given a talk on the Dhamma, addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, I allow bhikkhunīs to be given full ordination (upasampadā) by bhikkhus."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.