[234] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti. Bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[235] Bhagavā etadavoca yānikānici bhikkhave bhayāni uppajjanti sabbāni tāni bālato uppajjanti no paṇḍitato yekeci upaddavā uppajjanti sabbe te bālato uppajjanti no paṇḍitato yekeci upasaggā uppajjanti sabbe te bālato uppajjanti no paṇḍitato . seyyathāpi bhikkhave naḷāgārā vā tiṇāgārā vā aggi mutto kūṭāgārānipi ḍahati ullittāvalittāni phusitaggaḷāni pihitavātapānāni evameva kho bhikkhave yānikānici bhayāni uppajjanti sabbāni tāni bālato uppajjanti no paṇḍitato yekeci upaddavā uppajjanti sabbe te bālato uppajjanti no paṇḍitato yekeci upasaggā uppajjanti sabbe te bālato uppajjanti no paṇḍitato . iti kho bhikkhave sappaṭibhayo bālo appaṭibhayo paṇḍito saupaddavo bālo anupaddavo paṇḍito saupasaggo bālo anupasaggo paṇḍito . natthi bhikkhave paṇḍitato bhayaṃ natthi paṇḍitato upaddavo natthi paṇḍitato upasaggo . tasmātiha bhikkhave paṇḍitā bhavissāmāti evañhi vo bhikkhave sikkhitabbanti.

[236] Evaṃ vutte āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kittāvatā nu kho bhante paṇḍito bhikkhu vīmaṃsakoti alaṃ vacanāyāti. Yato kho ānanda bhikkhu dhātukusalo ca hoti āyatanakusalo ca hoti paṭiccasamuppādakusalo ca hoti ṭhānāṭhānakusalo ca hoti ettāvatā kho ānanda paṇḍito bhikkhu vīmaṃsakoti alaṃ vacanāyāti.

[237] Kittāvatā pana bhante dhātukusalo bhikkhūti alaṃ vacanāyāti . aṭṭhārasa kho imā ānanda dhātuyo cakkhudhātu rūpadhātu cakkhuviññāṇadhātu sotadhātu saddadhātu sotaviññāṇadhātu ghānadhātu gandhadhātu ghānaviññāṇadhātu jivhādhātu rasadhātu jivhāviññāṇadhātu kāyadhātu phoṭṭhabbadhātu kāyaviññāṇadhātu manodhātu dhammadhātu manoviññāṇadhātu imā kho ānanda aṭṭhārasa dhātuyo yato jānāti passati ettāvatāpi kho ānanda dhātukusalo bhikkhūti alaṃ vacanāyāti.