[538] Sāvatthī . atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca ko nu kho bhante hetu ko paccayo yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjatīti . Idha bhikkhu ekacco kāyena sucaritaṃ carati vācāya sucaritaṃ carati manasā sucaritaṃ carati tassa sutaṃ hoti mūlagandhe adhivatthā devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulāti . tassa evaṃ hoti aho vatāhaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyanti . so dātā hoti mūlagandhānaṃ . so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjati . ayaṃ kho bhikkhu hetu ayaṃ paccayo yena midhekacco kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā mūlagandhe adhivatthānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjatīti.