[698] Atha kho āyasmā sārīputto nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena dhanañjānissa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . nisajja kho āyasmā sārīputto dhanañjāniṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etadavoca kacci te dhanañjāni khamanīyaṃ kacci yāpanīyaṃ kacci dukkhā vedanā paṭikkamanti no abhikkamanti paṭikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no abhikkamoti.

[699] Na me bho sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā Me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamo seyyathāpi bho sārīputta balavā puriso tiṇhena sikharena muddhānaṃ abhimattheyya evameva kho me bho sārīputta adhimattā vātā muddhānaṃ ohananti {699.1} na me bho sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamo seyyathāpi bho sārīputta balavā puriso daḷhena varattakkhandhena sīse sīsavedhanaṃ dadeyya evameva kho me bho sārīputta adhimattā sīse sīsavedanā na me bho sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamo seyyathāpi bho sārīputta dakkho goghātako vā goghātakantevāsī vā tiṇhena govikantanena kucchiṃ parikanteyya evameva kho me bho sārīputta adhimattā vātā kucchiṃ parikantanti {699.2} na me bho sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamosānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamo seyyathāpi bho sārīputta dve balavanto purisā dubbalataraṃ purisaṃ nānābāhāsu gahetvā aṅgārakāsuyā santāpeyyuṃ samparitāpeyyuṃ evameva kho me bho sārīputta adhimatto kāyasmiṃ ḍāho na me bho sārīputta khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamosānaṃ Paññāyati no paṭikkamoti.