[423] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... tatra kho bhagavā ... Anamataggoyaṃ Bhikkhave saṃsāro pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaññojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ.

[424] Seyyathāpi bhikkhave puriso imaṃ mahāpaṭhaviṃ kolaṭṭhimattaṃ kolaṭṭhimattaṃ guḷikaṃ karitvā nikkhipeyya ayaṃ [2]- me pitā tassa me pitu ayaṃ pitāti . apariyādinnā ca bhikkhave tassa purisassa pitu pitaro assu athāyaṃ mahāpaṭhavī 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. Dutiyaṃ.