[252] Evaṃ vutte vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca seyyathāpi bho gotama gāmassa vā nigamassa vā Avidūre mahāsālarukkho tassa aniccatā sākhāpalāsaṃ palujjeyya tacapappaṭikā palujjeyyuṃ pheggu palujjeyya so aparena samayena apagatasākhāpalāso apagatatacapappaṭiko apagataphegguko suddhe sāre patiṭṭhito evameva bhoto gotamassa pāvacanaṃ apagatasākhāpalāsaṃ apagatatacapappaṭikaṃ apagatapheggukaṃ suddhe sāre patiṭṭhitaṃ abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷahassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgatanti. Aggivacchagottasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ dutiyaṃ. ------------