[555] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā uruvelāyaṃ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho . Atha kho bhagavato rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi adhigato kho myāyaṃ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo ālayarāmā kho panāyaṃ pajā ālayaratā ālayasamuditā ālayarāmāya kho pana pajāya ālayaratāya ālayasamuditāya duddasaṃ idaṃ ṭhānaṃ yadidaṃ idappaccayatā paṭiccasamuppādo idampi kho ṭhānaṃ duddasaṃ yadidaṃ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhakkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṃ ahañceva kho pana dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ pare ca me na ājāneyyuṃ so mamassa kilamatho sā mamassa vihesāti . Apissudaṃ bhagavantaṃ imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṃsu pubbe assutapubbā kicchena me adhigataṃ halandāni pakāsituṃ rāgadosaparetehi nāyaṃ dhammo susambudho Paṭisotagāmiṃ nipuṇaṃ gambhīraṃ duddasaṃ aṇuṃ rāgaratā na dakkhanti tamokkhandhena āvutāti . Iti bhagavato paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṃ namati no dhammadesanāyāti.

[556] Atha kho brahmuno sahampatissa bhagavato cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya etadahosi nassati vata bho loko vinassati vata bho loko yatra hi nāma tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa appossukkatāya cittaṃ namati no dhammadesanāyāti . atha kho brahmā sahampati seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva brahmaloke antarahito bhagavato purato pāturahosi. {556.1} Atha kho brahmā sahampati ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā dakkhiṇajānumaṇḍalaṃ paṭhaviyaṃ nihantvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca desetu bhante bhagavā dhammaṃ desetu sugato dhammaṃ santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāroti . idamavoca brahmā sahampati idaṃ vatvā athāparaṃ etadavoca pāturahosi magadhesu pubbe dhammo asuddho samalehi cintito apāpuretaṃ amatassa dvāraṃ Suṇantu dhammaṃ vimalenānubuddhaṃ sele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito yathāpi passe janataṃ samantato tathūpamaṃ dhammamayaṃ sumedhaso pāsādamāruyha samantacakkhu sokāvatiṇṇaṃ janatamapetasoko avekkhassu jātijarābhibhūtanti . Uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma satthavāha anaṇa vicara loke desetu bhagavā dhammaṃ aññātāro bhavissantīti.