[145] Sippesu vijjācaraṇesu kammesu kathaṃ vijāneyyu lahunti icchati yatūpaghātāya na hoti kassaci vāceti khippaṃ na ciraṃ kilissati. Taṃ kammaṃ katvā kusalaṃ sukhudrayaṃ jaṅghā manuññā labhate susaṇṭhitā vattā sujātā anupubbamuggatā uddhaggalomā sukhumattacotthaṭā . Eṇeyyajaṅghoti tamāhu puggalaṃ sampattiyā khippamidhāhu lakkhaṇaṃ ekekalomāni yadābhikaṅkhati apabbajaṃ khippamidhādhigacchati. Sace va pabbajjamupeti tādiso nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo anucchavikassa yadānulomiyaṃ taṃ vindati khippamanomanikkamoti .

[146] Yaṃpi bhikkhave tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā upasaṅkamitvā paripucchitā ahosi kiṃ bhante kusalaṃ kiṃ akusalaṃ kiṃ sāvajjaṃ kiṃ anavajjaṃ kiṃ sevitabbaṃ kiṃ na sevitabbaṃ kiṃ me kariyamānaṃ dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya assa kiṃ vā pana me kariyamānaṃ dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya assāti . so tassa kammassa katattā upacitattā ussannattā .pe. so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imaṃ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ paṭilabhati sukhumacchavi hoti sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṃ kāye na upalippati. {146.1} So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati rājā hoti cakkavatti .pe. rājā samāno kiṃ labhati mahāpañño [4]- nāssa hoti koci paññāya sadiso vā seṭṭho vā kāmabhogīnaṃ rājā samāno idaṃ labhati .pe. buddho samāno kiṃ labhati mahāpañño hoti puthupañño hāsapañño javanapañño tikkhapañño nibbedhikapañño nāssa hoti koci paññāya sadiso vā seṭṭho vā sabbasattānaṃ buddho samāno idaṃ labhati . etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca . Tatthetaṃ vuccati

[147] Pure puratthā purimāsu jātisu aññātukāmo paripucchitā ahu sussusitā pabbajitaṃ upāsitā atthantaro atthakathaṃ nisāmayi. Paññāpaṭilābhagatena kammunā manussabhūto sukhumacchavī ahu byākaṃsu uppāṭanimittakovidā sukhumāni atthāni avecca dakkhati . Sace na pabbajjamupeti tādiso vatteti cakkaṃ paṭhaviṃ pasāsati atthānusiṭṭhīsu pariggahesu ca na tena seyyo sadiso na vijjati. Sace va pabbajjamupeti tādiso nekkhammachandābhirato vicakkhaṇo paññāvisiṭṭhaṃ labhate anuttaraṃ pappoti bodhiṃ varabhūrimedhasoti.