[771] Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca sārīputto āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhito bārāṇasiyaṃ viharanti isipatane migadāye . atha kho āyasmā Mahākoṭṭhito sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā sārīputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sārīputtena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. {771.1} Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhito āyasmantaṃ sārīputtaṃ etadavoca kiṃ nu kho āvuso sārīputta hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . abyākataṃ kho etaṃ āvuso bhagavatā hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . kiṃ panāvuso na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . etampi kho āvuso abyākataṃ bhagavatā na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . kiṃ nu kho āvuso hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . abyākataṃ kho etaṃ āvuso bhagavatā hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . kiṃ panāvuso neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti . etampi kho āvuso abyākataṃ bhagavatā neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti. {771.2} Kiṃ nu kho āvuso hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti iti puṭṭho samāno abyākataṃ kho etaṃ āvuso bhagavatā hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vadesi .pe. kiṃ panāvuso neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti iti puṭṭho samāno etampi kho āvuso abyākataṃ bhagavatā neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vadesi . ko nu kho āvuso hetu ko paccayo yenetaṃ abyākataṃ bhagavatāti.

[772] Hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti kho āvuso rūpagatametaṃ. Na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti rūpagatametaṃ . hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti rūpagatametaṃ . neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti rūpagatametaṃ . hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti kho āvuso vedanāgatametaṃ . na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vedanāgatametaṃ . hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vedanāgatametaṃ . neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vedanāgatametaṃ . hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti kho āvuso saññāgatametaṃ . na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti saññāgatametaṃ . hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti saññāgatametaṃ . neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti saññāgatametaṃ . hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti kho āvuso saṅkhāragatametaṃ . na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti saṅkhāragatametaṃ . Hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti saṅkhāragatametaṃ . Neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti saṅkhāragatametaṃ . Hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti kho āvuso viññāṇagatametaṃ . Na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti viññāṇagatametaṃ . hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti viññāṇagatametaṃ . neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti viññāṇagatametaṃ . ayaṃ kho āvuso hetu ayaṃ paccayo yenetaṃ abyākataṃ bhagavatāti. Tatiyaṃ.