[301] Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā kumārakassapo kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi yena setabyā nāma kosalānaṃ nagaraṃ tadavasari . Tatra sudaṃ āyasmā kumārakassapo setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ sīsapāvane . tena kho pana samayena pāyāsi rājañño setabyaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā pasenadinā kosalena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ. {301.1} Tena kho pana samayena pāyāsissa rājaññassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti itipi natthi paro loko natthi sattā opapātikā natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti . Assosuṃ kho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā samaṇo khalu bho kumārakassapo samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi setabyaṃ anuppatto setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ sīsapāvane . taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato paṇḍito byatto medhāvī bahussuto cittakathī kalyāṇapaṭibhāṇo buddho ceva arahā ca sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti . athakho setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā setabyāya Nikkhamitvā saṅghasaṅghīgaṇībhūtā uttarenamukhā gacchanti yena sīsapāvanaṃ .

[302] Tena kho pana samayena pāyāsi rājañño uparipāsāde divāseyyaṃ upagato hoti . addasā kho pāyāsi rājañño setabyake brāhmaṇagahapatike setabyāya nikkhamitvā saṅghasaṅghīgaṇībhūte uttarenamukhe gacchante disvā khattaṃ āmantesi kiṃ nu kho bho khatte setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā setabyāya nikkhamitvā saṅghasaṅghīgaṇībhūtā uttarenamukhā gacchanti yena sīsapāvananti . {302.1} Atthi kho bho samaṇo kumārakassapo samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi setabyaṃ anuppatto setabyāyaṃ viharati uttarena setabyaṃ sīsapāvane taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī bahussuto cittakathī kalyāṇapaṭibhāṇo buddho ceva arahā ca tamete bhavantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissantīti . tenahi bho khatte yena setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā setabyake brāhmaṇagahapatike evaṃ vadehi pāyāsi bho rājañño Evamāha āgamentu kira bhavanto pāyāsi rājañño samaṇaṃ kumārakassapaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti purā samaṇo kumārakassapo setabyake brāhmaṇagahapatike bāle abyatte saññāpeti itipi atthi paro loko atthi sattā opapātikā atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti natthi hi bho khatte paro loko natthi sattā opapātikā natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti . evaṃ bhoti kho so khattā pāyāsissa rājaññassa paṭissutvā yena setabyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā setabyake brāhmaṇagahapatike etadavoca pāyāsi bho rājañño evamāha āgamentu kira bhavanto pāyāsi rājañño samaṇaṃ kumārakassapaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti. {302.2} Athakho pāyāsi rājañño setabyakehi brāhmaṇagahapatikehi parivuto yena sīsapāvanaṃ yenāyasmā kumārakassapo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā kumārakassapena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . setabyakāpi kho brāhmaṇagahapatikā appekacce āyasmantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce āyasmatā kumārakassapena saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce yenāyasmā kumārakassapo tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce nāmagottaṃ sāvetvā Ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce tuṇhībhūtā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. {302.3} Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho pāyāsi rājañño āyasmantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ etadavoca ahañhi bho kassapa evaṃvādī evaṃdiṭṭhī itipi natthi paro loko natthi sattā opapātikā natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti . sohaṃ rājañña evaṃvādiṃ evaṃdiṭṭhiṃ addasaṃ vā assosiṃ vā kathañhi nāma evaṃ vadeyya itipi natthi paro loko natthi sattā opapātikā natthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti {302.4} tenahi rājañña taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi yathā te khameyya tathā naṃ byākareyyāsi taṃ kiṃ maññasi rājañña ime candimasuriyā imasmiṃ vā loke parasmiṃ vā devā vā [2]- manussā vāti . ime bho kassapa candimasuriyā parasmiṃ loke na imasmiṃ devā te na manussāti . imināpi kho te rājañña pariyāyena evaṃ hotu itipi atthi paro loko atthi sattā opapātikā atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipākoti.