Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhikkhaveti bhikkhave etena brahmunā "handa carahi te mārisa antaradhāyāmī"ti evaṃ vutte taṃ antaradhāyituṃ asakkontaṃ disvā ahaṃ etadavocaṃ. Idaṃ gāthamabhāsinti kasmā bhagavā gāthamabhāsīti? samaṇassa gotamassa imasmiṃ ṭhāne atthibhāvo vā natthibhāvo vā kathaṃ sakkā jānitunti evaṃ brahmagaṇassa vacanokāso mā hotūti antarahitova gāthamabhāsi.

Tattha bhavevāhaṃ bhayaṃ disvāti ahaṃ bhave bhayaṃ disvāyeva. Bhavañca vibhavesinanti imañca kāmabhavāditividhaṃpi sattabhavaṃ vibhavesinaṃ vibhavaṃ gavesamānaṃ pariyesamānaṃpi punappunaṃ bhaveyeva disvā. Bhavaṃ nābhivadinti taṇhādiṭṭhivasena kiñci bhavaṃ na abhivadiṃ, na gavesinti attho. Nandiñca na upādiyinti bhavataṇhaṃ na upagañchiṃ, na aggahesinti attho. Iti cattāri saccāni pakāsento satthā dhammaṃ desesi. Desanāpariyosāne desanānusārena vipassanāgabbhaṃ gāhāpetvā dasamattāni brahmasahassāni maggaphalāmatapānaṃ piviṃsuṃ.

Acchariyabbhutacittajātāti acchariyajātā abbhutajātā tuṭṭhijātā ca ahesuṃ. Samūlaṃ bhavaṃ udabbahīti bodhimaṇḍe attano tāya tāya desanāya aññesaṃpi bahūnaṃ devamanussānaṃ samūlakaṃ bhavaṃ udabbahi, uddhari uppāṭesīti attho.

[505] Tasmiṃ pana samaye māro pāpimā kodhābhibhūto hutvā "mayi vicaranteyeva samaṇena gotamena dhammaṃ kathayitvā dasamattāni brahmasahassāni mama vasaṃ ativattitānī"ti kodhābhibhūtatāya aññatarassa brahmapārisajjassa sarīre adhimucci, taṃ dassetuṃ athakho bhikkhavetiādimāha. Tattha sace tvaṃ evaṃ anubuddhoti