Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ "āvuso dhammikaupāsako attano dhamme patiṭṭhitattā nikkhamitvā pabbajitvā arahattaṃ patto puttadārassāpi patiṭṭhā jātoti. Satthā āgantvā "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā, "imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave paṇḍitena nāma neva attahetu na parassa hetu samiddhi icchitabbā, dhammikeneva pana dhammappaṭisaraṇena bhavitabbanti anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"na attahetu, na parassa hetu,

na puttamicche, na dhanaṃ na raṭṭhaṃ,

na iccheyya adhammena samiddhimattano,