[253] Seyyathāpi bhikkhave puriso araññe pavane caramāno passeyya purāṇamaggaṃ purāṇañjasaṃ pubbakehi manussehi anuyātaṃ . So tamanugaccheyya tamanugacchanto passeyya purāṇaṃ nagaraṃ purāṇaṃ rājadhāniṃ pubbakehi manussehi ajjhāvutthaṃ ārāmasampannaṃ vanasampannaṃ pokkharaṇīsampannaṃ uddāpavantaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ . Atha kho so bhikkhave puriso rañño vā rājamahāmattassa vā āroceyya yagghe bhante jāneyyāsi ahaṃ addasaṃ araññe pavane caramāno purāṇamaggaṃ purāṇañjasaṃ pubbakehi manussehi anuyātaṃ so tamanugacchiṃ tamanugacchanto addasaṃ purāṇaṃ nagaraṃ purāṇaṃ rājadhāniṃ pubbakehi manussehi Ajjhāvutthaṃ ārāmasampannaṃ vanasampannaṃ pokkharaṇīsampannaṃ uddāpavantaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ taṃ bhante nagaraṃ māpehīti . athakho so bhikkhave rājā vā rājamahāmatto vā taṃ nagaraṃ māpeyya tadassa nagaraṃ aparena samayena iddhaṃ ceva phītaṃ ca bahujaññaṃ ākiṇṇamanussaṃ vuḍḍhivepullappattaṃ . evameva khvāhaṃ bhikkhave addasaṃ purāṇamaggaṃ purāṇañjasaṃ pubbakehi sammāsambuddhehi anuyātaṃ. {253.1} Katamo ca so bhikkhave purāṇamaggo purāṇañjaso pubbakehi sammāsambuddhehi anuyāto . ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo seyyathīdaṃ sammādiṭṭhi .pe. sammāsamādhi . Ayaṃ kho so bhikkhave purāṇamaggo purāṇañjaso pubbakehi sammāsambuddhehi anuyāto so tamanugacchiṃ tamanugacchanto jarāmaraṇaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ jarāmaraṇasamudayaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ jarāmaraṇanirodhaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṃ paṭipadaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ tamanugacchiṃ tamanugacchanto jātiṃ abbhaññāsiṃ .pe. Bhavaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... upādānaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... taṇhaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... Vedanaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... phassaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... Saḷāyatanaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... Nāmarūpaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ ... viññāṇaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ tamanugacchiṃ tamanugacchanto saṅkhāre abbhaññāsiṃ saṅkhārasamudayaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ saṅkhāranirodhaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ saṅkhāranirodhagāminiṃ paṭipadaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ tadabhiññāya ācikkhiṃ bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ . tayidaṃ Bhikkhave brahmacariyaṃ iddhaṃ ceva phītaṃ ca vitthārikaṃ bahujaññaṃ puthubhūtaṃ yāva devamanussehi supakāsitanti. Pañcamaṃ.