[577] Tena kho pana samayena nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto macchikāsaṇḍaṃ anuppatto hoti mahatiyā nigaṇṭhaparisāya saddhiṃ . assosi kho citto gahapati nigaṇṭho kira nāṭaputto macchikasaṇḍaṃ anuppatto mahatiyā nigaṇṭhaparisāya saddhinti . atha kho citto gahapati sambahulehi upāsakehi saddhiṃ yena nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā nigaṇṭhena nāṭaputtena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho cittaṃ gahapatiṃ nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto etadavoca saddahasi tvaṃ gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa atthi avitakko avicāro samādhi atthi vitakkavicārānaṃ nirodhoti . na khvāhaṃ ettha bhante bhagavato saddhāya gacchāmi atthi avitakko avicāro samādhi atthi vitakkavicārānaṃ nirodhoti.

[578] Evaṃ vutte nigaṇṭho nāṭaputtaṃ sakaṃ parisaṃ apaloketvā etadavoca idaṃ bhavanto passantu yāva ujuko cāyaṃ citto gahapati yāva asaṭho cāyaṃ citto gahapati yāva amāyāvī cāyaṃ citto gahapati vātaṃ vāso jālena bādhetabbaṃ maññeyya yo Vitakkavicāre nirodhetabbaṃ maññeyya sakamuṭṭhinā vāso gaṅgāya sotaṃ āvāretabbaṃ maññeyya yo vitakkavicāre nirodhetabbaṃ maññeyyāti . taṃ kiṃ maññasi bhante katamaṃ nu kho paṇītataraṃ ñāṇaṃ vā saddhā vāti . saddhāya kho gahapati ñāṇaṃ yeva paṇītataranti . ahaṃ kho bhante yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi . ahaṃ kho bhante yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā .pe. dutiyajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi . ahaṃ kho bhante yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi pītiyā ca virāgā .pe. tatiyajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi . ahaṃ kho bhante yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi sukhassa ca pahānā .pe. catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi . na so khvāhaṃ bhante evaṃ jānanto evaṃ passanto kāyassa samaṇassa vā brāhmaṇassa vā saddhāya gamissāmi atthi avitakko avicāro samādhi atthi vitakkavicārānaṃ nirodhoti.