Imaṃ pana sāraṇīyadhammaṃ ko pūreti, ko na pūreti? dussīlo tāva na pūreti. Na hi tassa santakaṃ sīlavantā gaṇhanti. Parisuddhasīlo pana vattaṃ akhaṇḍento pūreti. Tatridaṃ vattaṃ:- yo hi odissakaṃ katvā mātu vā pitu vā ācariyupajjhāyādīnaṃ vā deti, so dātabbaṃ deti. Sāraṇīyadhammo panassa na hoti, palibodhajagganaṃ nāma hoti. Sāraṇīyadhammo hi muttapalibodhassa vaṭṭati. Tena pana odissakaṃ dentena gilānagilānupaṭṭhākaāgantukagamikānañceva navapabbajitassa ca saṅghāṭipattaggahaṇaṃ ajānantassa dātabbaṃ. Etesaṃ datvā avasesaṃ therāsanato paṭṭhāya thokaṃ thokaṃ adatvā yo yattakaṃ gaṇhāti, tassa tattakaṃ dātabbaṃ. Avasiṭṭhe asati puna piṇḍāya caritvā therāsanato paṭṭhāya yaṃ yaṃ paṇītaṃ, taṃ taṃ datvā sesaṃ bhuñjitabbaṃ. "sīlavantehī"ti vacanato dussīlassa adātuṃpi vaṭṭati.

Ayaṃ pana sāraṇīyadhammo susikkhitāya parisāya supūro hoti, susikkhitāya hi parisāya yo aññato labhati, so na gaṇhāti. Aññato alabhantopi pamāṇayuttameva gaṇhāti, na atirekaṃ. Ayaṃ pana sāraṇīyadhammo evaṃ punappunaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā laddhaṃ laddhaṃ dentassāpi dvādasahi vassehi pūreti, na tato oraṃ. Sace hi dvādasame vasse sāraṇīyadhammapūrako piṇḍapātapūraṃ pattaṃ āsanasālāyaṃ ṭhapetvā

Athakho so bhikkhu rittapattaṃ disvā "mayhaṃ asesetvāva paribhuñjiṃsū"ti domanassaṃ uppādeti, sāraṇīyadhammo bhijjati, puna dvādasa vassāni pūretabbo hoti. Titthiyaparivāsasadiso, so sakiṃ khaṇḍe jāte puna pūretabbova. Yo pana "lābhā vata me, suladdhaṃ vata me, yassa me pattagataṃ anāpucchāva sabrahmacārī paribhuñjantī"ti somanassaṃ janeti, tassa puṇṇo nāma hoti.

Evaṃ pūritasāraṇīyadhammassa pana neva issā na macchariyaṃ hoti, manussānaṃ piyo hoti, amanussānaṃ piyo hoti, sulabhapaccayo. Pattagatamassa dīyamānaṃpi na khīyati, bhājanīyabhaṇḍaṭṭhāne aggabhaṇḍaṃ labhati, bhaye vā chātake vā patte devatā ussukkaṃ āpajjanti.