[224] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kurūsu viharati kammāsadammaṃ nāma kurūnaṃ nigamo . atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca acchariyaṃ bhante abbhūtaṃ bhante yāvagambhīro cāyaṃ bhante paṭiccasamuppādo Gambhīrāvabhāso ca atha ca pana me uttānakuttānako viya khāyatīti.

[225] Mā hevaṃ ānanda mā hevaṃ ānanda gambhīro cāyaṃ ānanda paṭiccasamuppādo gambhīrāvabhāso ca etassa ānanda dhammassa aññāṇā ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamayaṃ pajā tantākulajātā guḷīguṇṭhikajātā muñjapabbajabhūtā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ nātivattati.

[226] Upādāniyesu ānanda dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ upādānapaccayā bhavo bhavapaccayā jāti jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ sokaparidevadukkha- domanassupāyāsā sambhavanti evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

[227] Seyyathāpi ānanda mahā rukkho tassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni sabbāni tāni uddhaṃ ojaṃ abhiharanti evañhi so ānanda mahā rukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ tiṭṭheyya evameva kho ānanda upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ upādānapaccayā bhavo .pe. Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.