[1510] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ nigrodhārāme . atha kho mahānāmo sakko yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho mahānāmo sakko bhagavantaṃ etadavoca idaṃ bhante kapilavatthu iddhañceva phītañca bahujaññaṃ ākiṇṇamanussaṃ sambādhaviyūhaṃ . so khvāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ vā payirupāsitvā manobhāvanīye vā bhikkhū sāyaṇhasamayaṃ kapilavatthuṃ pavisanto bhantenapi hatthinā samāgacchāmi bhantenapi assena samāgacchāmi bhantenapi rathena samāgacchāmi bhantenapi sakaṭena samāgacchāmi bhantenapi purisena samāgacchāmi . tassa mayhaṃ bhante tasmiṃ samaye mussateva bhagavantaṃ ārabbha sati mussati dhammaṃ ārabbha sati mussati saṅghaṃ ārabbha sati . tassa mayhaṃ bhante evaṃ hoti imamhi cāhaṃ samaye kālaṃ kareyyaṃ kā mayhaṃ gati ko abhisamparāyoti.

[1511] Mā bhāyi mahānāma mā bhāyi mahānāma apāpakante maraṇaṃ bhavissati apāpikā kālakiriyā . catūhi kho mahānāma dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro . katamehi catūhi . idha mahānāma ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti itipi so bhagavā .pe. satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti . dhamme Saṅghe . ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akkhaṇḍehi .pe. Samādhisaṃvattanikehi.

[1512] Seyyathāpi mahānāma rukkho pācīnaninno pācīnapoṇo pācīnapabbhāro so mūle chinne katamena papateyyāti . yena bhante ninno yena poṇo yena pabbhāroti . evameva kho mahānāma imehi catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāroti.