[421] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho .pe. etadavoca anamataggoyaṃ bhikkhave saṃsāro pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaññojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ.

[422] Seyyathāpi bhikkhave puriso yaṃ imasmiṃ jambūdīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ tacchetvā ekajjhaṃ saṃhareyya ekajjhaṃ saṃharitvā caturaṅgulaṃ caturaṅgulaṃ ghaṭikaṃ karitvā nikkhipeyya ayaṃ me mātā tassā me mātu ayaṃ mātāti . apariyādinnā ca bhikkhave tassa purisassa mātu mātaro assu atha imasmiṃ jambūdīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya taṃ kissa hetu anamataggoyaṃ bhikkhave saṃsāro pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaññojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ evaṃ dīgharattaṃ kho bhikkhave dukkhaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ tippaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ byasanaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ kaṭasī vaḍḍhitā . yāvañcidaṃ bhikkhave alameva sabbasaṅkhāresu nibbindituṃ alaṃ virajjituṃ alaṃ vimuccitunti. Paṭhamaṃ.