[210] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... tatra kho bhagavā ... Seyyathāpi bhikkhave mahā rukkho tassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni yāni ca Tiriyaṅgamāni sabbāni tāni uddhaṃ ojaṃ abhiharanti evañhi so bhikkhave mahā rukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ tiṭṭheyya evameva kho bhikkhave upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ .pe. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

[211] Seyyathāpi bhikkhave mahā rukkho atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṃ ādāya so taṃ rukkhaṃ mūle chindeyya mūle chetvā palikhaneyya palikhanitvā mūlāni uddhareyya .pe. Nadiyā vā sīghasotāya pavāheyya evañhi so bhikkhave mahā rukkho ucchinnamūlo assa tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅgato āyatiṃ anuppādadhammo evameva kho bhikkhave upādāniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho .pe. evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotīti. Chaṭṭhaṃ.