[53] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... atha kho timbarukkho paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[54] Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho timbarukkho paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kiṃ nu kho bho gotama sayaṃkataṃ sukhadukkhanti . mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti bhagavā avoca . kiṃ pana bho gotama parakataṃ sukhadukkhanti . mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti bhagavā avoca . kiṃ nu kho bho gotama sayaṃkatañca parakatañca sukhadukkhanti . mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti bhagavā avoca . kiṃ pana bho gotama asayaṃkāraṃ aparakāraṃ adhicca samuppannaṃ sukhadukkhanti . mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti bhagavā Avoca . kiṃ nu kho bho gotama natthi sukhadukkhanti . na kho timbarukkha natthi sukhadukkhaṃ atthi kho timbarukkha sukhadukkhanti . Tenahi bhavaṃ gotamo sukhadukkhaṃ na jānāti na passatīti . na khvāhaṃ timbarukkha sukhadukkhaṃ na jānāmi na passāmi jānāmi khvāhaṃ timbarukkha sukhadukkhaṃ passāmi khvāhaṃ timbarukkha sukhadukkhanti. {54.1} Kiṃ nu kho bho gotama sayaṃkataṃ sukhadukkhanti iti puṭṭho samāno mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti vadesi kiṃ pana bho gotama parakataṃ sukhadukkhanti iti puṭṭho samāno mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti vadesi kiṃ nu kho bho gotama sayaṃkatañca parakatañca sukhadukkhanti iti puṭṭho samāno mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti vadesi kiṃ pana bho gotama asayaṃkāraṃ aparakāraṃ adhicca samuppannaṃ sukhadukkhanti iti puṭṭho samāno mā hevaṃ timbarukkhāti vadesi kiṃ nu kho bho gotama natthi sukhadukkhanti iti puṭṭho samāno na kho timbarukkha natthi sukhadukkhaṃ atthi kho timbarukkha sukhadukkhanti vadesi tenahi bhavaṃ gotamo sukhadukkhaṃ na jānāti na passatīti iti puṭṭho samāno na khvāhaṃ timbarukkha sukhadukkhaṃ na jānāmi na passāmi jānāmi khvāhaṃ timbarukkha sukhadukkhaṃ passāmi khvāhaṃ timbarukkha sukhadukkhanti vadesi ācikkhatu ca me bhavaṃ gotamo sukhadukkhaṃ desetu ca me bhavaṃ gotamo sukhadukkhanti.