[405] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . atha kho āyasmā bhūmijo pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena jayasenassa rājakumārassa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . atha kho jayaseno rājakumāro yenāyasmā bhūmijo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā bhūmijena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[406] Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho jayaseno rājakumāro āyasmantaṃ bhūmijaṃ etadavoca santi bho bhūmija eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino āsañcepi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāya anāsañcepi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāya āsañca anāsañcepi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāya nevāsaṃnānāsañcepi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāyāti idha bhoto bhūmijassa satthā kiṃvādī kiṃdiṭṭhī kimakkhāyīti.

[407] Na kho metaṃ rājakumāra bhagavato sammukhā sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ ṭhānañca kho etaṃ vijjati yaṃ bhagavā evaṃ byākareyya āsañcepi karitvā ayoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa Adhigamāya anāsañcepi karitvā ayoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāya āsañca anāsañcepi karitvā ayoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāya nevāsaṃnānāsañcepi karitvā ayoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti abhabbā phalassa adhigamāya āsañcepi karitvā yoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti bhabbā phalassa adhigamāya anāsañcepi karitvā yoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti bhabbā phalassa adhigamāya āsañca anāsañcepi karitvā yoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti bhabbā phalassa adhigamāya nevāsaṃnānāsañcepi karitvā yoniso brahmacariyaṃ caranti bhabbā phalassa adhigamāyāti na kho metaṃ rājakumāra bhagavato sammukhā sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ ṭhānañca kho etaṃ vijjati yaṃ bhagavā evaṃ byākareyyāti. Sace [1]- bhoto bhūmijassa satthā evaṃvādī evaṃdiṭṭhī evamakkhāyī addhā bhoto bhūmijassa satthā sabbesaṃyeva puthusamaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ muddhānaṃ maññe āhacca tiṭṭhatīti . atha kho jayaseno rājakumāro āyasmantaṃ bhūmijaṃ sakeneva thālipākena parivisi.