[405] Sāvatthiyaṃ ... Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho rājā pasenadikosalo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kattha nu kho bhante dānaṃ dātabbanti . Yattha kho mahārāja cittaṃ pasīdatīti . kattha pana bhante dinnaṃ mahapphalanti.

[406] Aññaṃ kho etaṃ mahārāja kattha dānaṃ dātabbaṃ aññaṃ panetaṃ kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalanti sīlavato kho mahārāja dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ no tathā dussīle . tena hi mahārāja taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi yathā te khameyya tathā naṃ byākareyyāsi.

[407] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi mahārāja idha tyassa yuddhaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ saṅgāmo samupabyūḷho atha āgaccheyya khattiyakumāro asikkhito akatahattho akatayoggo akatupāsano bhīru chambhī utrāsī palāyī bhareyyāsi taṃ purisaṃ attho ca te tādisena purisenāti . nāhaṃ Bhante bhareyyaṃ taṃ purisaṃ na ca me attho tādisena purisenāti . Atha āgaccheyya brāhmaṇakumāro asikkhito .pe. atha āgaccheyya vessakumāro asikkhito .pe. atha āgaccheyya suddakumāro asikkhito .pe. Na ca me attho tādisena purisenāti.

[408] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi mahārāja idha tyassa yuddhaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ saṅgāmo samupabyūḷho atha āgaccheyya khattiyakumāro susikkhito katahattho katayoggo katupāsano abhīru acchambhī anutrāsī apalāyī bhareyyāsi taṃ purisaṃ attho ca te tādisena purisenāti. Bhareyyāhaṃ bhante taṃ purisaṃ attho ca me tādisena purisenāti. Atha āgaccheyya brāhmaṇakumāro .pe. atha āgaccheyya vessakumāro .pe. atha āgaccheyya suddakumāro susikkhito katahattho katayoggo katupāsano abhīru acchambhī anutrāsī apalāyī bhareyyāsi taṃ purisaṃ attho ca te tādisena purisenāti . bhareyyāhaṃ bhante taṃ purisaṃ attho ca me tādisena purisenāti.