Gaccha taṃ sunakhaṃ appodakapāyāsaṃ bhojāpetvā sayane āropetvā īsakaṃ niddaṃ okkantakāle puccha, sabbante ācikkhissati. Atha naṃ jānenyāsi "pitā me eso"ti. Māṇavo "sace saccaṃ bhavissati, dhanaṃ lacchāmi, no ce, samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ musāvādena niggaṇhissāmī"ti dvīhipi kāraṇehi tuṭṭho gantvā tathā akāsi. Sunakho "ñātomhi iminā"ti roditvā huṃ hunti karonto dhananidhānaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā pādena paṭhaviṃ khanitvā saññaṃ adāsi, māṇavo dhanaṃ gahetvā "bhavapaṭicchannaṃ nāma evaṃ sukhumaṃ paṭisandhiantaraṃ pākaṭaṃ samaṇassa gotamassa, addhā esa sabbaññū"ti bhagavati pasannacitto cuddasapañhe abhisaṅkhari. Aṅgavijjāpāṭhako kiresa, tenassa etadahosi "idaṃ dhammapaṇṇākāraṃ gahetvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ pañhe pucchissāmī"ti. Dutiyagamanena yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, tena puṭṭhapañhe pana bhagavā ekappahāreneva te vissajjento kammassakātiādimāha.

Tattha kammaṃ etesaṃ sakaṃ attano bhaṇḍakanti kammassakā. Kammassa dāyādāti kammadāyādā, kammaṃ etesaṃ dāyajjaṃ bhaṇḍakanti attho. Kammaṃ etesaṃ yoni kāraṇanti kammayonī. Kammaṃ etesaṃ bandhūti kammabandhū, kammañātakāti attho. Kammaṃ etesaṃ paṭissaraṇaṃ patiṭṭhāti kammapaṭisaraṇā. Yadidaṃ hīnappaṇītatāyāti yaṃ idaṃ "tvaṃ hīno bhava, tvaṃ paṇīto, tvaṃ appāyuko bhava, tvaṃ dīghāyuko .pe. Tvaṃ duppañño bhava, tvaṃ paññavā"ti evaṃ hīnappaṇītatāya vibhajanaṃ, taṃ na añño koci karoti, kammameva evaṃ satte vibhajatīti attho. Na māṇavo kathitassa atthaṃ sañjānāsi, ghanadussapaṭṭenassa mukhaṃ bandhitvā madhuraṃ purato ṭhapitaṃ viya ahosi. Mānanissito kiresa paṇḍitamānī, attanā samaṃ na passati. Athassa "kiṃ samaṇo gotamo katheti, yamahaṃ jānāmi, tadeva kathetīti ayaṃ māno mā ahosī"ti mānabhañjanatthaṃ bhagavā "āditova duppaṭivijjhaṃ katvā kathessāmi, tato `nāhaṃ bho gotama jānāmi, vitthārena me pākaṭaṃ