[383] Evaṃ vutte vāseṭṭho māṇavo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca sutaṃ metaṃ bho gotama samaṇo gotamo brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggaṃ desetīti sādhu no bhavaṃ bho gotamo brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggaṃ Desetu ullumpatu bhavaṃ bho gotamo brāhmaṇiṃ pajanti . tenahi vāseṭṭha suṇāhi sādhukaṃ manasikarohi bhāsissāmīti . evaṃ bhoti kho vāseṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato paccassosi. {383.1} Bhagavā etadavoca idha vāseṭṭha tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho .pe. (yathā sāmaññaphalaṃ evaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ) .pe. Evaṃ kho vāseṭṭha bhikkhu sīlasampanno hoti .pe. Tassime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanupassato pāmujjaṃ jāyati pamuditassa pīti jāyati pītimanassa kāyo passambhati passaddhakāyo sukhaṃ vedeti sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati . so mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati tathā dutiyaṃ tathā tatiyaṃ tathā catutthaṃ iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati . Seyyathāpi vāseṭṭha balavā saṃkhadhamo appakasireneva catuddisā viññāpeyya evameva kho vāseṭṭha evaṃ bhāvitāya mettāya cetovimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati. Ayaṃpi kho vāseṭṭha brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggo.

[384] Puna caparaṃ vāseṭṭha bhikkhu karuṇāsahagatena cetasā .pe. Muditāsahagatena cetasā .pe. upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati tathā dutiyaṃ tathā tatiyaṃ tathā catutthaṃ iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ upekkhāsahagatena Cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati . seyyathāpi vāseṭṭha balavā saṃkhadhamo appakasireneva catuddisā viññāpeyya evameva kho vāseṭṭha evaṃ bhāvitāya upekkhāya cetovimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati . ayaṃ kho vāseṭṭha brahmānaṃ sahabyatāya maggo. {384.1} Taṃ kiṃ maññasi vāseṭṭha evaṃvihārī bhikkhu sapariggaho vā apariggaho vāti . apariggaho bho gotama . saveracitto vā averacitto vāti . averacitto bho gotama . sabyāpajjhacitto vā abyāpajjhacitto vāti . abyāpajjhacitto bho gotama . Saṃkiliṭṭhacitto vā asaṃkiliṭṭhacitto vāti . asaṃkiliṭṭhacitto bho gotama. Vasavatti vā avasavatti vāti . vasavatti bho gotama . Iti kira vāseṭṭha apariggaho bhikkhu apariggaho brahmā api nu kho apariggahassa bhikkhuno apariggahena brahmunā saddhiṃ saṃsandati sametīti . evaṃ bho gotama. Sādhu vāseṭṭha so ca vāseṭṭha apariggaho bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā apariggahassa brahmuno sahabyūpago bhavissatīti ṭhānametaṃ vijjati . iti kira vāseṭṭha averacitto bhikkhu averacitto brahmā .pe. Abyāpajjhacitto bhikkhu abyāpajjhacitto brahmā . asaṃkiliṭṭhacitto bhikkhu asaṃkiliṭṭhacitto brahmā . vasavatti bhikkhu vasavatti brahmā api nu kho vasavattissa bhikkhuno vasavattinā brahmunā saddhiṃ saṃsandati Sametīti . evaṃ bho gotama . Sādhu vāseṭṭha so ca vāseṭṭha vasavatti bhikkhu kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā vasavattissa brahmuno sahabyūpago bhavissatīti. Ṭhānametaṃ vijjatīti.