Bhagavantaṃ etadavocāti etaṃ "idha bhante kosambiyaṃ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā"ti- ādivacanaṃ avoca. Tañca kho neva piyakamyatāya na bhedādhippāyena, athakho atthakāmatāya hitakāmatāya. Sāmaggikārako kiresa bhikkhu, tasmāssa etadahosi "yathā ime bhikkhū bhaṇḍanavivādaṃ āraddhā, na sakkā mayāpi, nāpi aññena bhikkhunā samaggā kātuṃ, appeva nāma sadevake loke appaṭipuggalo bhagavā sayaṃ vā gantvā attano vā santikaṃ pakkosāpetvā etesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ khantimettāpaṭisaṃyuttaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ dhammadesanaṃ kathetvā sāmaggiṃ kareyyā"ti atthakāmatāya hitakāmatāya gantvā avoca.
[492] Chayime bhikkhave dhammā sāraṇīyāti heṭṭhā kalahabhaṇḍanavasena desanā āraddhā. Imasmiṃ ṭhāne cha sāraṇīyadhammā āgatāti evamidaṃ kosambiyasuttaṃ yathānusandhināva gataṃ hoti, tattha sāraṇīyāti saritabbayuttā addhāne atikkantepi na pamussitabbā. Yo te dhamme pūreti, taṃ sabrahmacārīnaṃ piyaṃ karontīti piyakaraṇā. Garuṃ karontīti garukaraṇā. Saṅgahāyāti saṅgahaṇatthāya. Avivādāyāti avivādanatthāya. Sāmaggiyāti samaggabhāvatthāya. Ekībhāvāyāti ekībhāvatthāya ninnānākaraṇāya. Saṃvattantīti bhavanti. Mettaṃ kāyakammanti mettacittena kattabbaṃ kāyakammaṃ. Vacīkammamanokammesupi eseva nayo. Imāni bhikkhūnaṃ vasena āgatāni, gihīsupi labbhantiyeva. Bhikkhūnaṃ hi mettacittena ābhisamācārikadhammānaṃ pūraṇaṃ mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ nāma. Gihīnaṃ cetiyavandanatthāya bodhivandanatthāya saṃghanimantanatthāya gamanaṃ gocaragāmaṃ piṇḍāya paviṭṭhe bhikkhū disvā paccuggamanaṃ pattapaṭiggahaṇaṃ āsanapaññāpanaṃ anugamananti evamādikaṃ mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ nāma.
Bhikkhūnaṃ mettacittena ācārapaññattisikkhāpadaṃ kammaṭṭhānakathanaṃ dhammadesanā tepiṭakaṃ buddhavacanaṃ mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ nāma. Gihīnañca "cetiyavandanatthāya gacchāma, bodhivandanatthāya gacchāma, dhammassavanaṃ karissāma, dīpamālāpupphapūjaṃ karissāma, tīṇi
Vassāvāsikaṃ dassāma, ajja saṃghassa cattāro paccaye dassāma, saṃghaṃ nimantetvā khādanīyādīni saṃvidahatha, āsanāni paññāpetha, pānīyaṃ upaṭṭhapetha, saṃghaṃ paccuggantvā ānetha, paññattāsane nisīdāpetvā chandajātā ussāhajātā veyyāvaccaṃ karothā"tiādikathanakāle mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ nāma.