[4] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... paṭiccasamupādaṃ vo bhikkhave desissāmi vibhajissāmi taṃ suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha bhāsissāmīti . evaṃ bhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[5] Bhagavā etadavoca katamo ca bhikkhave paṭiccasamuppādo avijjāpaccayā bhikkhave saṅkhārā saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṃ nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṃ saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso phassapaccayā vedanā vedanāpaccayā taṇhā taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ upādānapaccayā bhavo bhavapaccayā Jāti jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

[6] Katamañca bhikkhave jarāmaraṇaṃ . yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jarā jīraṇatā khaṇḍiccaṃ pāliccaṃ valittacatā āyuno saṃhāni indriyānaṃ paripāko ayaṃ vuccati jarā . katamañca bhikkhave maraṇaṃ yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṃ maccu maraṇaṃ kālakiriyā khandhānaṃ bhedo kaḷevarassa nikkhepo jīvitindriyassa upacchedo idaṃ vuccati maraṇaṃ. Iti ayañca jarā idaṃ ca maraṇaṃ idaṃ vuccati bhikkhave jarāmaraṇaṃ.

[7] Katamā ca bhikkhave jāti . yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti sañjāti okkanti nibbatti abhinibbatti khandhānaṃ pātubhāvo āyatanānaṃ paṭilābho ayaṃ vuccati bhikkhave jāti.