[178] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti . bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ . Bhagavā etadavoca sappurisadhammañca vo bhikkhave desessāmi asappurisadhammañca taṃ suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha bhāsissāmīti . Evaṃ bhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[179] Bhagavā etadavoca katamo ca bhikkhave asappurisadhammo. Idha bhikkhave asappuriso uccākulā pabbajito hoti . so iti paṭisañcikkhati ahaṃ khomhi uccākulā pabbajito ime panaññe bhikkhū na uccākulā pabbajitāti. So tāya uccākulīnatāya attānukkaṃseti paraṃ vambheti ayaṃ bhikkhave asappurisadhammo . sappuriso ca kho bhikkhave iti paṭisañcikkhati na kho uccākulīnatāya lobhadhammā vā parikkhayaṃ gacchanti dosadhammā vā parikkhayaṃ gacchanti mohadhammā vā parikkhayaṃ gacchanti no cepi uccākulā pabbajito hoti so ca hoti dhammānudhammapaṭipanno sāmīcipaṭipanno anudhammacārī so tattha pujjo so tattha pāsaṃsoti . so paṭipadaṃyeva antaraṃ karitvā tāya uccākulīnatāya nevattānukkaṃseti na paraṃ vambheti ayaṃ bhikkhave sappurisadhammo.

[180] Puna caparaṃ bhikkhave asappuriso mahākulā pabbajito hoti mahābhogakulā pabbajito hoti uḷārabhogakulā pabbajito hoti . So iti paṭisañcikkhati ahaṃ khomhi uḷārabhogakulā pabbajito ime panaññe na uḷārabhogakulā pabbajitāti . so tāya uḷārabhogatāya attānukkaṃseti paraṃ vambheti ayampi bhikkhave asappurisadhammo . sappuriso ca kho bhikkhave iti paṭisañcikkhati na kho uḷārabhogatāya lobhadhammā vā parikkhayaṃ gacchanti dosadhammā vā parikkhayaṃ gacchanti mohadhammā vā parikkhayaṃ gacchanti no cepi uḷārabhogakulā pabbajito hoti so ca hoti dhammānudhammapaṭipanno sāmīcipaṭipanno anudhammacārī so tattha pujjo so tattha pāsaṃsoti . So paṭipadaṃyeva antaraṃ karitvā tāya uḷārabhogatāya nevattānukkaṃseti na paraṃ vambheti ayampi bhikkhave sappurisadhammo.