[96] Sa kho so bhikkhave bhikkhu evaṃsīlo evaṃdhammo evaṃpañño sālīnañcepi piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjati vicitakāḷakaṃ anekasūpaṃ anekabyañjanaṃ nevassa taṃ hoti antarāyāya . seyyathāpi bhikkhave vatthaṃ saṅkiliṭṭhaṃ malaggahitaṃ acchaṃ udakaṃ āgamma parisuddhaṃ hoti pariyodātaṃ ukkāmukhaṃ vā panāgamma jātarūpaṃ suparisuddhaṃ hoti pariyodātaṃ evameva kho bhikkhave bhikkhu evaṃsīlo evaṃdhammo evaṃpañño sālīnañcepi piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjati vicitakāḷakaṃ anekasūpaṃ Anekabyañjanaṃ nevassa taṃ hoti antarāyāya .

[97] So mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati tathā dutiyaṃ tathā tatiyaṃ tathā catutthaṃ . iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati . karuṇāsahagatena cetasā .pe. muditāsahagatena cetasā .pe. upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati tathā dutiyaṃ tathā tatiyaṃ tathā catutthaṃ . iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ upekkhāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati. {97.1} So atthi idaṃ atthi hīnaṃ atthi paṇītaṃ atthi imassa saññāgatassa uttariṃ nissaraṇanti pajānāti . tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato kāmāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati bhavāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati avijjāsavāpi cittaṃ vimuccati vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāti . ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave bhikkhu sināto antarena sinānenāti.

[98] Tena kho pana samayena sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavato avidūre nisinno hoti . atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo Brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca gacchati pana bhavaṃ gotamo bāhukaṃ nadiṃ sināyitunti . kiṃ brāhmaṇa bāhukāya nadiyā kiṃ bāhukā nadī karissatīti . lokasammatā hi bho gotama bāhukā nadī bahujanassa puññasammatā hi bho gotama bāhukā nadī bahujanassa bāhukāya ca pana nadiyā bahujano pāpakammaṃ kataṃ pavāhetīti . atha kho bhagavā sundarikaṃ bhāradvājaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi bāhukaṃ adhikakkañca gayaṃ sundarikāmapi sarassatiṃ payāgañca atho bāhumatiṃ nadiṃ niccampi bālo pakkhanno kaṇhakammo na sujjhati kiṃ sundarikā karissati kiṃ payāgo kiṃ bāhukā nadī. Veriṃ katakibbisaṃ naraṃ na hi naṃ sodhaye pāpakamminaṃ suddhassa ve sadā phaggu suddhassuposatho sadā suddhassa sucikammassa sadā sampajjate vataṃ. Idheva sināhi brāhmaṇa sabbabhūtesu karohi khemataṃ sace musā na bhaṇasi sace pāṇaṃ na hiṃsasi sace adinnaṃ nādiyasi saddahāno amaccharī kiṃ kāhasi gayaṃ gantvā udapānopi te gayāti.