[216] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... Tatra kho bhagavā ... Saññojaniyesu bhikkhave dhammesu assādānupassino viharato nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṃ .pe. evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

[217] 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 saññojaniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato nāmarūpassa avakkanti hoti nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṃ .pe. evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

[218] Saññojaniyesu bhikkhave dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato nāmarūpassa avakkanti na hoti nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho .pe. evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.

[219] Seyyathāpi bhikkhave mahā rukkho atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṃ ādāya .pe. āyatiṃ anuppādadhammo evameva kho bhikkhave saññojaniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato nāmarūpassa avakkanti na hoti nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho .pe. evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotīti . Aṭṭhamaṃ.