[261] Sabbe va nu kho mārisa samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānāti . na kho devānaminda sabbe samaṇabrahmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānāti . kasmā pana mārisa na sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānāti . ye kho te devānaminda bhikkhū taṇhāsaṅkhayavimuttā te accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānā tasmā na sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānāti. {261.1} Itthaṃ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṃ puṭṭho byākāsi . attamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandi anumodi evametaṃ bhagavā evametaṃ sugata tiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṃkathā bhagavato pañhāveyyākaraṇaṃ sutvāti.

[262] Itiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca ejā bhante rogo ejā gaṇḍo ejā sallaṃ ejā imaṃ purisaṃ parikaḍḍhati tassa tasseva bhavassa abhinibbattiyā tasmā ayaṃ puriso uccāvacamāpajjati. Sambodhiparāyanoti . abhijānāsi no tvaṃ devānaminda ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhanti . abhijānāmahaṃ bhante ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhanti . yathākathaṃ pana tvaṃ devānaminda abhijānāsi ito pubbe evarūpaṃ vedapaṭilābhaṃ somanassapaṭilābhanti.