[730] Bhagavā etadavoca katamo ca māṇava brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggo idha māṇava bhikkhu 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 evaṃ bhāvitāya kho māṇava mettāya cetovimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati seyyathāpi māṇava balavā saṅkhadhamo appakasireneva cātuddisā viññāpeyya evameva kho māṇava evaṃ bhāvitāya mettāya cetovimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati ayampi kho māṇava brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggo . puna caparaṃ māṇava bhikkhu karuṇāsahagatena cetasā ... Muditāsahagatena cetasā ... upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati tathā dutiyaṃ tathā tatiyaṃ tathā catutthaṃ iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbatthatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ upekkhāsahagatena cetasā Vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati evaṃ bhāvitāya kho māṇava upekkhāya cetovimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati seyyathāpi māṇava balavā saṅkhadhamo appakasireneva cātuddisā viññāpeyya evameva kho māṇava evaṃ bhāvitāya upekkhāya cetovimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati ayampi kho māṇava brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggoti.
[731] Evaṃ vutte subho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva bhotā gotamena aneka- pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgataṃ handa cadāni mayaṃ bho gotama gacchāma bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyāti . yassadāni tvaṃ māṇava kālaṃ maññasīti . atha kho subho māṇavo todeyyaputto bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā [3]- uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.