[283] 37 Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākaccāno madhurāyaṃ viharati gundāvane . athakho kaṇḍarāyano brāhmaṇo yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā mahākaccānena saddhiṃ sammodi .pe. ekamantaṃ nisinno kho kaṇḍarāyano brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etadavoca sutammetaṃ bho kaccāna na samaṇo kaccāno brāhmaṇe jiṇṇe vuḍḍhe mahallake addhagate vayoanuppatte abhivādeti vā paccuṭṭheti vā āsanena vā nimantetīti tayidaṃ bho kaccāna tatheva na hi bhavaṃ kaccāno brāhmaṇe jiṇṇe vuḍḍhe mahallake addhagate vayoanuppatte abhivādeti vā paccuṭṭheti vā āsanena vā nimanteti tayidaṃ bho kaccāna na sampannamevāti. {283.1} Atthi brāhmaṇa tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena vuḍḍhibhūmi ca akkhātā daharabhūmi ca vuḍḍho cepi brāhmaṇa hoti asītiko vā navutiko vā vassasatiko vā jātiyā so ca kāme paribhuñjati kāmamajjhe vasati kāmapariḷāhena pariḍayhati kāmavitakkehi khajjati kāmapariyesanāya ussukko athakho so bālo na therotveva saṅkhaṃ gacchati daharo cepi brāhmaṇa hoti yuvā susūkāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā so ca na kāme paribhuñjati na kāmamajjhe vasati na kāmapariḷāhena pariḍayhati na kāmavitakkehi khajjati na kāmapariyesanāya ussukko athakho so paṇḍito therotveva saṅkhaṃ gacchatīti . evaṃ vutte kaṇḍarāyano brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā Ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā daharānaṃ sudaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pāde sirasā vandati vuḍḍhā bhavanto vuḍḍhabhūmiyaṃ ṭhitā daharā mayaṃ daharabhūmiyaṃ ṭhitā abhikkantaṃ bho kaccāna .pe. upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ kaccāno dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatanti.

[284] 38 Yasmiṃ bhikkhave samaye corā balavanto honti rājāno tasmiṃ samaye dubbalā honti tasmiṃ bhikkhave samaye rañño na phāsu hoti atiyātuṃ vā niyyātuṃ vā paccantime vā janapade anusaññātuṃ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃpi tasmiṃ samaye na phāsu hoti atiyātuṃ vā niyyātuṃ vā bāhirāni vā kammantāni paṭivekkhituṃ . Evameva kho bhikkhave yasmiṃ samaye pāpabhikkhū balavanto honti pesalā bhikkhū tasmiṃ samaye dubbalā honti tasmiṃ bhikkhave samaye pesalā bhikkhū tuṇhībhūtā tuṇhībhūtāva saṅghamajjhe saṅkasāyanti paccantime vā janapade bhajanti tayidaṃ bhikkhave hoti bahujanāhitāya bahujanāsukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṃ. {284.1} Yasmiṃ bhikkhave samaye rājāno balavanto honti corā tasmiṃ samaye dubbalā honti tasmiṃ bhikkhave samaye rañño phāsu hoti atiyātuṃ vā niyyātuṃ vā paccantime vā janapade anusaññātuṃ brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃpi tasmiṃ samaye phāsu hoti atiyātuṃ vā niyyātuṃ vā bāhirāni vā kammantāni paṭivekkhituṃ . evameva kho bhikkhave yasmiṃ samaye pesalā bhikkhū balavanto honti pāpakā bhikkhū tasmiṃ samaye dubbalā honti tasmiṃ bhikkhave samaye Pāpabhikkhū tuṇhībhūtā tuṇhībhūtāva saṅghamajjhe saṅkasāyanti yena vā [1]- Tena vā papatanti tayidaṃ bhikkhave hoti bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānanti.