[413] So kho ahaṃ aggivessana kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno magadhesu anupubbena cārikañcaramāno yena uruvelā senānigamo tadavasariṃ . tatthaddasaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ pāsādikañca vanasaṇḍaṃ nadiñca sandantiṃ setakaṃ supatitthaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ samantā [2]- gocaragāmaṃ . tassa mayhaṃ aggivessana etadahosi ramaṇīyo vata bho bhūmibhāgo pāsādiko ca vanasaṇḍo nadī ca sandati setakā supatitthā ramaṇīyā samantā [3]- gocaragāmo . alamidaṃ kulaputtassa padhānikassa padhānāyāti . so kho ahaṃ aggivessana tattheva nisīdiṃ alamidaṃ padhānāyāti.

[414] Apissu maṃ aggivessana tisso upamā paṭibhaṃsu anacchariyā pubbe assutapubbā . seyyathāpi aggivessana allaṃ kaṭṭhaṃ sasnehaṃ udake nikkhittaṃ . atha puriso āgaccheyya uttarāraṇiṃ ādāya aggiṃ abhinibbattessāmi tejo pātukarissāmīti . taṃ kiṃ maññasi aggivessana api nu so puriso amuṃ allaṃ kaṭṭhaṃ sasnehaṃ udake Nikkhittaṃ uttarāraṇiṃ ādāya abhimatthento aggiṃ abhinibbatteyya tejo pātukareyyāti . no hidaṃ bho gotama taṃ kissa hetu aduñhi bho gotama allaṃ kaṭṭhaṃ sasnehaṃ tañca pana udake nikkhittaṃ yāvadeva ca pana so puriso kilamathassa vighātassa bhāgī assāti evameva kho aggivessana ye hi keci samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā kāyena ceva [3]- kāmehi avūpakaṭṭhā viharanti yo ca nesaṃ kāmesu kāmachando kāmasneho kāmamucchā kāmapipāsā kāmapariḷāho so ca ajjhattaṃ na supahīno hoti na supaṭippassaddho. Opakkamikā cepi te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā dukkhā tippā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vediyanti abhabbāva te ñāṇāya dassanāya anuttarāya sambodhāya . no cepi te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā opakkamikā dukkhā tippā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vediyanti abhabbāva te ñāṇāya dassanāya anuttarāya sambodhāya . ayaṃ kho maṃ aggivessana paṭhamā upamā paṭibhāsi anacchariyā pubbe assutapubbā.