[617] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti . bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ . Bhagavā etadavoca saḷāyatanavibhaṅgaṃ vo bhikkhave desissāmi taṃ suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha bhāsissāmīti . evambhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[618] Bhagavā etadavoca cha ajjhattikāni āyatanāni veditabbāni cha bāhirāni āyatanāni veditabbāni cha viññāṇakāyā veditabbā cha phassakāyā veditabbā aṭṭhārasa manopavicārā veditabbā chattiṃsa sattapadā veditabbā tatrīdaṃ nissāya idaṃ pajahatha tayo satipaṭṭhānā yadariyo sevati yadariyo sevamāno satthā gaṇamanusāsitumarahati so vuccati yoggācariyānaṃ anuttaro purisadammasārathīti ayamuddeso saḷāyatanavibhaṅgassa.

[619] Cha ajjhattikāni āyatanāni veditabbānīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ . kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ . cakkhvāyatanaṃ sotāyatanaṃ ghānāyatanaṃ jivhāyatanaṃ kāyāyatanaṃ manāyatanaṃ . cha ajjhattikāni āyatanāni veditabbānīti iti yantaṃ vuttaṃ idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ.

[620] Cha bāhirāni āyatanāni veditabbānīti iti kho panetaṃ Vuttaṃ . kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ . rūpāyatanaṃ saddāyatanaṃ gandhāyatanaṃ rasāyatanaṃ phoṭṭhabbāyatanaṃ dhammāyatanaṃ . cha bāhirāni āyatanāni veditabbānīti iti yantaṃ vuttaṃ idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ.