[358] Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho pañcakaṅgaṃ thapatiṃ uggāhamāno paribbājako samaṇamuṇḍikāputto etadavoca catūhi kho ahaṃ thapati dhammehi samannāgataṃ purisapuggalaṃ paññāpemi sampannakusalaṃ Paramakusalaṃ uttamappattipattaṃ samaṇaṃ ayojjhaṃ katamehi catūhi idha thapati na kāyena pāpakaṃ kammaṃ karoti na pāpikaṃ vācaṃ bhāsati na pāpakaṃ saṅkappaṃ saṅkappeti na pāpakaṃ ājīvaṃ ājīvati imehi kho ahaṃ thapati catūhi dhammehi samannāgataṃ parisapuggalaṃ paññāpemi sampannakusalaṃ paramakusalaṃ uttamappattipattaṃ samaṇaṃ ayojjhanti. {358.1} Atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati uggāhamānassa paribbājakassa samaṇamuṇḍikāputtassa bhāsitaṃ neva abhinandi nappaṭikkosi anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi bhagavato santike etassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānissāmīti . atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho pañcakaṅgo thapati yāvatako ahosi uggāhamānena paribbājakena samaṇamuṇḍikāputtena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ bhagavato ārocesi.

[359] Evaṃ vutte bhagavā pañcakaṅgaṃ thapatiṃ etadavoca evaṃ sante kho thapati daharo kumāro mando uttānaseyyako sampannakusalo bhavissati paramakusalo uttamappattipatto samaṇo ayojjho yathā uggāhamānassa paribbājakassa samaṇamuṇḍikāputtassa vacanaṃ . Daharassa hi thapati kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa kāyotipi na hoti kuto pana kāyena pāpakaṃ kammaṃ karissati aññatra phanditamattā. Daharassa hi thapati kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa Vācātipi na hoti kuto pana pāpikaṃ vācaṃ bhāsissati aññatra roditamattā . daharassa hi thapati kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa saṅkappotipi na hoti kuto pana pāpakaṃ saṅkappaṃ saṅkappissati aññatra vikujjitamattā . daharassa hi thapati kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa ājīvotipi na hoti kuto pana pāpakaṃ ājīvaṃ ājīvissati aññatra mātu thaññā . evaṃ sante kho thapati daharo kumāro mando uttānaseyyako sampannakusalo bhavissati paramakusalo uttamappattipatto samaṇo ayojjho yathā uggāhamānassa paribbājakassa samaṇamuṇḍikāputtassa vacanaṃ.