[248] Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhāya ajjhokāse caṅkamati . addasā kho bhagavā taṃ anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ dūrato va āgacchantaṃ disvāna caṅkamā orohitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . nisajja kho bhagavā anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca ehi sudattāti . athakho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati nāmena maṃ bhagavā ālapatīti haṭṭho udaggo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kacci bhante bhagavā sukhaṃ sayitthāti.

[249] Sabbadā ve sukhaṃ seti brāhmaṇo parinibbuto yo na limpati kāmesu sītibhūto nirūpadhi. Sabbā āsattiyo chetvā vineyya hadaye daraṃ upasanto sukhaṃ seti santiṃ pappuyya cetasoti.

[250] Athakho bhagavā anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa anupubbīkathaṃ kathesi . seyyathīdaṃ . dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṅkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi . Yadā bhagavā aññāsi anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ kallacittaṃ muducittaṃ vinīvaraṇacittaṃ udaggacittaṃ pasannacittaṃ atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā taṃ pakāsesi dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ . seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya evameva anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa tasmiṃyeva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi yaṅkiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbantaṃ nirodhadhammanti.

[251] Athakho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthu sāsane bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bhante abhikkantaṃ bhante seyyathāpi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telappajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evametaṃ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ adhivāsetu ca me bhante bhagavā svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti . adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena . athakho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.