[282] 36 Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākaccāno varaṇāya viharati kaddamadahatīre . athakho ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā mahākaccānena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi ekamantaṃ nisinno kho ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etadavoca ko nu kho bho kaccāna hetu ko paccayo yena khattiyāpi khattiyehi vivadanti brāhmaṇāpi brāhmaṇehi vivadanti gahapatikāpi gahapatikehi vivadantīti . Kāmarāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānahetu kho brāhmaṇa khattiyāpi khattiyāpi vivadanti brāhmaṇāpi brāhmaṇehi vivadanti gahapatikāpi gahapatikehi vivadantīti. {282.1} Ko pana bho kaccāna hetu ko paccayo yena samaṇāpi samaṇehi vivadantīti . diṭṭhirāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedha- pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānahetu kho brāhmaṇa samaṇāpi samaṇehi vivadantīti . atthi pana bho kaccāna koci lokasmiṃ yo imañceva kāmarāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto imañca diṭṭhirāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkantoti . atthi brāhmaṇa lokasmiṃ yo imañceva kāmarāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto imañca diṭṭhirāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkantoti . ko pana so bho kaccāna lokasmiṃ yo imañceva Kāmarāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto imañca diṭṭhirāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkantoti . atthi brāhmaṇa puratthimesu janapadesu sāvatthī nāma nagaraṃ tattha so bhagavā etarahi viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho so hi brāhmaṇa bhagavā imañceva kāmarāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedha- pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto imañca diṭṭhirāgavinivesa- vinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkantoti . evaṃ vutte ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā dakkhiṇajānumaṇḍalaṃ paṭhaviyaṃ nihantvā yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa yo hi so bhagavā imañceva kāmarāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto imañca diṭṭhirāgavinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkantoti . abhikkantaṃ bho kaccāna abhikkantaṃ bho kaccāna seyyathāpi bho kaccāna nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telappajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evamevaṃ bhotā kaccānena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bho kaccāna taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ kaccāno dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatanti.