[735] Tasmātiha te gahapati evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ na idhalokaṃ upādiyissāmi na ca me idhalokanissitaṃ viññāṇaṃ bhavissatīti evañhi te gahapati sikkhitabbaṃ . tasmātiha te gahapati evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ na paralokaṃ upādiyissāmi na ca me paralokanissitaṃ viññāṇaṃ bhavissatīti evañhi te gahapati sikkhitabbaṃ.

[736] Tasmātiha te gahapati evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ yampi me diṭṭhaṃ sutaṃ mutaṃ viññātaṃ [2]- pariyesitaṃ anuvicaritaṃ manasā tampi na upādiyissāmi na ca me tannissitaṃ viññāṇaṃ bhavissatīti evañhi te gahapati sikkhitabbanti.

[737] Evaṃ vutte anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati parodi assūni pavattesi . atha kho āyasmā ānando anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca oleyyāsi kho tvaṃ gahapati saṃsīdi kho tvaṃ gahapatīti. Nāhaṃ bhante ānanda oleyyāmi na [7]- saṃsīdāmi apica me dīgharattaṃ satthā payirupāsito manobhāvanīyā ca bhikkhū na [8]- me evarūpī Dhammikathā sutapubbāti . na kho gahapati gihīnaṃ odātavasanānaṃ evarūpī dhammikathā paṭibhāti pabbajitānaṃ [1]- gahapati evarūpī dhammikathā paṭibhātīti . tenahi bhante sārīputta gihīnaṃpi odātavasanānaṃ evarūpī dhammikathā paṭibhātu santi hi bhante kulaputtā apparajakkhajātikā assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāroti . Atha kho āyasmā ca sārīputto āyasmā ca ānando anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ iminā ovādena ovaditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃsu.

[738] Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati acirapakkante āyasmante ca sārīputte āyasmante ca ānande [2]- kālamakāsi tusitaṃ kāyaṃ upapajjīti . atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappa jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhagavantaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi idaṃ hitaṃ jetavanaṃ isisaṅghanisevitaṃ āvutthaṃ dhammarājena pītisañjananaṃ mama kammaṃ vijjā ca dhammā ca sīlaṃ jīvitamuttamaṃ etena maccā sujjhanti na gottena na dhanena vā tasmā hi paṇḍito poso sampassaṃ atthamattano yoniso vicine dhammaṃ evaṃ tattha visujjhati Sārīputtova paññāya sīlena upasamena ca yo hi pāragato bhikkhu etāvaparamo siyāti. Idamavoca anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto . samanuñño satthā ahosi . Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto samanuñño me satthāti bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi.