[296] Tatra sandaka viññū puriso iti paṭisañcikkhati ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ satthā evaṃvādī evaṃdiṭṭhī natthi dinnaṃ natthi yiṭṭhaṃ natthi hutaṃ natthi sukaṭadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko natthi ayaṃ loko natthi paro loko natthi mātā natthi pitā natthi sattā opapātikā natthi loke samaṇabrāhmaṇā sammaggatā sammāpaṭipannā ye imañca lokaṃ parañca lokaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedenti cātummahābhūtiko ayaṃ puriso yadā kālaṃ karoti paṭhavī paṭhavikāyaṃ anupeti anupagacchati āpo āpokāyaṃ anupeti anupagacchati tejo tejokāyaṃ anupeti anupagacchati vāyo vāyokāyaṃ anupeti anupagacchati ākāsaṃ indriyāni saṅkamanti āsandipañcamā purisā mataṃ ādāya gacchanti yāva āḷahanā padāni paññāyanti kāpotakāni aṭṭhīni bhavanti bhasmantā hutiyo dattupaññattaṃ yadidaṃ dānaṃ tesaṃ tucchaṃ musā vilāpo yekeci atthikavādaṃ vadanti bāle ca paṇḍite ca kāyassa bhedā Ucchijjanti vinassanti na honti parammaraṇāti. {296.1} Sace imassa bhoto satthuno saccaṃ vacanaṃ akatena me ettha kataṃ avusitena me ettha vusitaṃ ubhopi mayaṃ ettha samasamā sāmaññaṃ pattā yo cāhaṃ na vadāmi ubhopi kāyassa bhedā ucchijjissāma vinassissāma na bhavissāma parammaraṇāti . atirekaṃ kho panimassa bhoto satthuno naggiyaṃ muṇḍiyaṃ ukkuṭikappadhānaṃ kesamassulocanaṃ yohaṃ puttasambādhasayanaṃ ajjhāvasanto kāsikacandanaṃ paccanubhonto mālāgandhavilepanaṃ dhārento jātarūparajataṃ sādiyanto iminā bhotā satthārā samasamagatiko bhavissāmi abhisamparāyaṃ sohaṃ kiṃ jānanto kiṃ passanto imasmiṃ satthari brahmacariyaṃ carissāmi so abrahmacariyavāso ayanti iti viditvā tasmā brahmacariyā nibbijja pakkamati . ayaṃ kho sandaka tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena paṭhamo abrahmacariyavāso akkhāto yattha viññū puriso sasakkaṃ brahmacariyaṃ na vaseyya vasanto ca nārādheyya ñāyaṃ dhammaṃ kusalaṃ.