[566] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena bakassa brahmuno evarūpaṃ Pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti idaṃ niccaṃ idaṃ dhuvaṃ idaṃ sassataṃ idaṃ kevalaṃ idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ idaṃ hi na jāyati na jiyyati na miyyati na cavati na upapajjati ito ca panaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇaṃ natthīti.

[567] Atha kho bhagavā bakassa brahmuno cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva jetavane antarahito tasmiṃ brahmaloke pāturahosi . addasā kho bako brahmā bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna bhagavantaṃ etadavoca ehi kho mārisa svāgataṃ te mārisa cirassaṃ kho mārisa imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāya idaṃ hi mārisa niccaṃ idaṃ dhuvaṃ idaṃ sassataṃ idaṃ kevalaṃ idaṃ acavanadhammaṃ idañhi na jāyati na jiyyati na miyyati na cavati na upapajjati ito ca panaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇaṃ natthīti.

[568] Evaṃ vutte bhagavā bakaṃ brahmānaṃ etadavoca avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā yatra hi nāma aniccaṃyeva samānaṃ niccanti vakkhati adhuvaṃyeva samānaṃ dhuvanti vakkhati asassataṃyeva samānaṃ sassatanti vakkhati akevalaṃyeva samānaṃ kebalanti vakkhati cavanadhammaṃyeva samānaṃ acavanadhammanti vakkhati yattha ca pana jāyati ca jiyyati ca miyyati ca cavati ca upapajjati ca taṃ tathā vakkhati idaṃ hi na jāyati na jiyyati na miyyati na cavati Na upapajjatīti santañca panaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇaṃ natthaññaṃ uttariṃ nissaraṇanti vakkhatīti.

[569] Dvāsattati gotama puññakammā vasavattino jātijaraṃ atītā ayamantimā vedagū brahmupapatti asmābhijappanti janā anekāti.