[60] Yo kho jīvaka tathāgataṃ vā tathāgatasāvakaṃ vā uddissa pāṇaṃ ārabhati so pañcahi ṭhānehi bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavati yampi so gahapati evamāha gacchatha amukaṃ nāma pāṇaṃ ānethāti iminā paṭhamena ṭhānena bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavati yampi so pāṇo galappavedhakena ānīyamāno dukkhadomanassaṃ paṭisaṃvedeti iminā dutiyena ṭhānena bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavati yampi so evamāha gacchatha imaṃ pāṇaṃ ārakathāti iminā tatiyena ṭhānena bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavati yampi so pāṇo ārabhiyamāno dukkhadomanassaṃ paṭisaṃvedeti iminā catutthena ṭhānena bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavati yampi so tathāgataṃ vā tathāgatasāvakaṃ vā akappiyena assādeti iminā pañcamena ṭhānena bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavati yo kho jīvaka tathāgataṃ vā tathāgatasāvakaṃ vā uddissa pāṇaṃ ārabhati so imehi pañcahi ṭhānehi bahuṃ apuññaṃ pasavatīti.

[61] Evaṃ vutte jīvako komārabhacco bhagavantaṃ etadavoca acchariyaṃ bhante abbhūtaṃ bhante kappiyaṃ vata bhante bhikkhū āhāraṃ āhārenti anavajjaṃ vata bhante bhikkhū āhāraṃ āhārenti abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ Saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgatanti. Jīvakasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ pañcamaṃ. --------