[627] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi assalāyana idhāssu dve māṇavakā bhātaro sodariyā eko ajjhāyako upanīto dussīlo pāpadhammo eko anajjhāyako anupanīto sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo kamettha brāhmaṇā paṭhamaṃ bhojeyyuṃ saddhe vā thālipāke vā yaññe vā pāhune vāti . yo so bho gotama māṇavako anajjhāyako anupanīto sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo tamettha brāhmaṇā paṭhamaṃ bhojeyyuṃ saddhe vā thālipāke vā yaññe vā pāhune vā kiṃ hi bho gotama dussīle pāpadhamme dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ bhavissatīti . pubbe kho tvaṃ assalāyana jātiṃ agamāsi jātiṃ gantvā mante agamāsi mante Gantvā tameva ṭhapetvā cātuvaṇṇiṃ suddhiṃ paccāgato yamahaṃ paññapemīti . evaṃ vutte assalāyano māṇavo tuṇhībhūto maṅkubhūto pattakkhandho adhomukho pajjhāyanto appaṭibhāṇo nisīdi.

[628] Atha kho bhagavā assalāyanaṃ māṇavaṃ tuṇhībhūtaṃ maṅkubhūtaṃ pattakkhandhaṃ adhomukhaṃ pajjhāyantaṃ appaṭibhāṇaṃ viditvā assalāyanaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavoca bhūtapubbaṃ assalāyana sattannaṃ brāhmaṇisīnaṃ araññāyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu sammantānaṃ evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti brāhmaṇāva seṭṭho vaṇṇo hīno añño vaṇṇo .pe. brahmadāyādāti . assosi kho assalāyana asito devalo isi sattannaṃ kira brāhmaṇisīnaṃ araññāyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu sammantānaṃ evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ [3]- brāhmaṇāva seṭṭho vaṇṇo .pe. brahmadāyādāti . atha kho assalāyana asito devalo isi kesamassuṃ kappetvā mañjeṭṭhavaṇṇāni dussāni nivāsetvā agaliyo upāhanā ārohitvā jātarūpamayaṃ daṇḍaṃ gahetvā sattannaṃ brāhmaṇisīnaṃ patthiṇḍile pāturahosi . atha kho assalāyana asito devalo isi sattannaṃ brāhmaṇisīnaṃ patthiṇḍile caṅkamamāno evamāha handa ko nu kho ime bhavanto brāhmaṇisayo gantā handa ko nu kho ime bhavanto brāhmaṇisayo gantāti . atha kho assalāyana satta brāhmaṇisayo asitaṃ devalaṃ isiṃ etadavocuṃ Ko nāyaṃ gāmaṇḍalarūpo viya sattannaṃ brāhmaṇisīnaṃ patthiṇḍile caṅkamamāno evamāha handa ko nu kho ime bhavanto brāhmaṇisayo gantā handa ko nu kho ime bhavanto brāhmaṇisayo gantāti handa naṃ abhisapissāmāti . {628.1} Atha kho assalāyana satta brāhmaṇisayo asitaṃ devalaṃ isiṃ abhisapiṃsu bhasmā capalī hohi bhasmā capalī hohi bhasmā capalī hohīti . yathā yathā kho assalāyana satta brāhmaṇisayo asitaṃ devalaṃ isiṃ abhisapiṃsu tathā tathā asito devalo isi abhirūpataro ceva hoti dassanīyataro ca pāsādikataro ca . atha kho assalāyana sattannaṃ brāhmaṇisīnaṃ etadahosi moghaṃ vata no tapo apphalaṃ brahmacariyaṃ mayaṃ hi pubbe yaṃ abhisapāma bhasmā capalī hohīti bhasmā [4]- bhavati ekacco imaṃ pana mayaṃ yathā yathā abhisapāma tathā tathā abhirūpataro ceva hoti dassanīyataro ca pāsādikataro cāti . Na bhavantānaṃ moghaṃ tapo na panāpphalaṃ brahmacariyaṃ iṅgha bhavanto yo mayi manopadoso taṃ pajahathāti . yo bhavati manopadoso taṃ pajahāma ko nu bhavaṃ hotīti . suto no bhavataṃ asito devalo isīti. Evaṃ bhoti . so khvāhaṃ bho homīti . atha kho assalāyana satta brāhmaṇisayo asitaṃ devalaṃ isiṃ abhivādetuṃ upakkamiṃsu. {628.2} Atha kho assalāyana asito devalo isi satta brāhmaṇisayo etadavoca sutametaṃ bho sattannaṃ kira brāhmaṇisīnaṃ araññāyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu sammantānaṃ evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ Uppannaṃ brāhmaṇāva seṭṭho vaṇṇo hīno añño vaṇṇo brāhmaṇāva sukko vaṇṇo kaṇho añño vaṇṇo brāhmaṇāva sujjhanti no abrāhmaṇā brāhmaṇāva brahmuno puttā orasā mukhato jātā brahmajā brahmanimmitā brahmadāyādāti. Evaṃ bhoti. {628.3} Jānanti pana bhonto yā janimātā brāhmaṇaṃyeva agamāsi no abrāhmaṇanti . no hidaṃ bho . jānanti pana bhonto yā janimātu mātā yāva sattamā mātu mātāmahayugā brāhmaṇaṃyeva agamāsi no abrāhmaṇanti . no hidaṃ bho . Jānanti pana bhonto yo janipitā brāhmaṇiṃyeva agamāsi no abrāhmaṇinti . no hidaṃ bho . jānanti pana bhonto yo janipitu pitā yāva sattamā pitu pitāmahayugā brāhmaṇiṃyeva agamāsi no abrāhmaṇinti . no hidaṃ bho . jānanti pana bhonto yathā gabbhassa avakkanti hotīti . jānāma mayaṃ bho yathā gabbhassa avakkanti hoti idha mātāpitaro ca sannipatitā honti mātā ca utunī hoti gandhabbo ca paccupaṭṭhito hoti evaṃ tiṇṇaṃ sannipātā gabbhassa avakkanti hotīti . jānanti pana bhonto yagghe so gandhabbo khattiyo vā brāhmaṇo vā vesso vā suddo vāti . na mayaṃ bho jānāma yagghe so gandhabbo khattiyo vā brāhmaṇo vā vesso vā suddo vāti . Evaṃ sante bhonto jānātha ke tumhe hothāti. Evaṃ sante Bho na mayaṃ jānāma keci mayaṃ homāti . te hi nāma assalāyana satta brāhmaṇisayo asitena devalena isinā sake jātivāde samanuyuñjiyamānā samanuggāhiyamānā samanubhāsiyamānā na sampāyissanti kiṃ pana tvaṃ etarahi mayā sakasmiṃ jātivāde samanuyuñjiyamāno samanuggāhiyamāno samanubhāsiyamāno sampāyissasi yesaṃ tvaṃ sācariyako na puṇṇo dabbigāhoti.