[599] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho āyasmā rāhulo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā rāhulo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca sādhu me bhante bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṃ desetu yamahaṃ bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyanti.

[600] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi rāhula cakkhuṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vāti. Aniccaṃ bhante . yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vāti . dukkhaṃ bhante . yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ etaṃ mama esohamasmi eso me attāti . No hetaṃ bhante. [evaṃ peyyālo] sotaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vāti . aniccaṃ bhante ... ghānaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vāti . aniccaṃ bhante ... jivhā niccā vā aniccā vāti. Aniccā bhante ... kāyo nicco vā anicco vāti . anicco Bhante ... mano nicco vā anicco vāti . anicco bhante . Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vāti . dukkhaṃ bhante. Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ etaṃ mama esohamasmi eso me attāti. No hetaṃ bhante.

[601] Evaṃ passaṃ rāhula sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati sotasmimpi nibbindati ghānasmimpi nibbindati jivhāyapi nibbindati kāyasmimpi nibbindati manasmimpi nibbindati nibbindaṃ virajjati virāgā vimuccati . vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti . Khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānātīti. Paṭhamaṃ. [etena peyyālena dasa suttantā kātabbā]