[258] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho nandano devaputto bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi pucchāmi taṃ gotama bhūripañña anāvaṭaṃ bhagavato ñāṇadassanaṃ Kathaṃvidhaṃ sīlavantaṃ vadanti kathaṃvidhaṃ paññavantaṃ vadanti kathaṃvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati kathaṃvidhaṃ devatā pūjayantīti.

[259] Yo sīlavā paññavā bhāvitatto samāhito jhānarato satīmā sabbassa sokā vigatā pahīnā khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī tathāvidhaṃ sīlavantaṃ vadanti tathāvidhaṃ paññavantaṃ vadanti tathāvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati tathāvidhaṃ devatā pūjayantīti.