[56] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati jīvakassa komārabhaccassa ambavane . atha kho jīvako komārabhacco yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho jīvako komārabhacco bhagavantaṃ etadavoca sutametaṃ bhante samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ uddissa pāṇaṃ ārabhanti taṃ samaṇo gotamo jānaṃ uddissa kataṃ maṃsaṃ paribhuñjati paṭicca kammanti ye te bhante evamāhaṃsu samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ uddissa pāṇaṃ ārabhanti taṃ samaṇo gotamo jānaṃ uddissa kataṃ maṃsaṃ paribhuñjati paṭicca kammanti kacci te bhante bhagavatā vuttavādino na ca bhagavantaṃ abhūtena abbhācikkhanti dhammassa cānudhammaṃ byākaronti na ca koci sahadhammiko vādānuvādo gārayhaṭṭhānaṃ āgacchatīti.

[57] Ye te jīvaka evamāhaṃsu samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ uddissa pāṇaṃ ārabhanti taṃ samaṇo gotamo jānaṃ uddissa kataṃ maṃsaṃ paribhuñjati paṭicca kammanti na me te vuttavādino abbhācikkhanti ca maṃ te asatā abhūtena tīhi kho ahaṃ jīvaka ṭhānehi maṃsaṃ apparibhoganti vadāmi diṭṭhaṃ sutaṃ parisaṅkitaṃ imehi kho ahaṃ Jīvaka tīhi ṭhānehi maṃsaṃ apparibhoganti vadāmi tīhi kho ahaṃ jīvaka ṭhānehi maṃsaṃ paribhoganti vadāmi adiṭṭhaṃ asutaṃ aparisaṅkitaṃ imehi kho ahaṃ jīvaka tīhi ṭhānehi maṃsaṃ paribhoganti vadāmi.

[58] Idha jīvaka bhikkhu aññataraṃ gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā upanissāya viharati . so mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati tathā dutiyaṃ tathā tatiyaṃ tathā catutthaṃ iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbatthatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati . tamenaṃ gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā upasaṅkamitvā svātanāya bhattena nimanteti ākaṅkhamāno jīvaka bhikkhu adhivāseti . so tassā rattiyā accayena pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena tassa gahapatissa vā gahapatiputtassa vā nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdati . tamenaṃ so gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā paṇītena piṇḍapātena parivisati . tassa na evaṃ hoti sādhu vata māyaṃ gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā paṇītena piṇḍapātena parivisati aho vata māyaṃ gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā āyatimpi evarūpena paṇītena piṇḍapātena pariviseyyāti evampissa na hoti . so taṃ piṇḍapātaṃ agadhito amucchito anajjhāpanno ādīnavadassāvī nissaraṇapañño paribhuñjati . taṃ kiṃ maññasi Jīvaka api nu so bhikkhu tasmiṃ samaye attabyābādhāya vā ceteti parabyābādhāya vā ceteti ubhayabyābādhāya vā cetetīti . no hetaṃ bhante. {58.1} Nanu so jīvaka bhikkhu tasmiṃ samaye anavajjaṃyeva āhāraṃ āhāretīti . evaṃ bhante sutaṃ metaṃ bhante brahmā mettāvihārīti tamme idaṃ bhante bhagavā sakkhi diṭṭho bhagavā hi bhante mettāvihārīti. Yena kho jīvaka rāgena yena dosena yena mohena byāpādavā assa so rāgo so doso so moho tathāgatassa pahīno ucchinnamūlo tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅgato āyatiṃ anuppādadhammo sace kho te jīvaka idaṃ sandhāya bhāsitaṃ anujānāmi te etanti. Etadeva kho pana me bhante sandhāya bhāsitanti .