"assaddhoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sārīputtattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekadivasaṃ hi tiṃsamattā āraññakā bhikkhū satthu santikaṃ gantvā vanditvā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā tesaṃ saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattassa upanissayaṃ viditvā sārīputtattheraṃ āmantetvā "saddahasi tvaṃ sārīputta: saddhindriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ bahulīkataṃ amatogadhaṃ

Hoti amatapariyosānanti evaṃ pañcindriyāni ārabbha pañhaṃ pucchi. Thero "na khvāhaṃ bhante ettha bhagavato saddhāya gacchāmi: saddhindriyaṃ .pe. Amatapariyosānaṃ, yesaṃ nūnetaṃ bhante aññātaṃ assutaṃ adiṭṭhaṃ aviditaṃ asacchikataṃ aphusitaṃ paññāya, te tattha paresaṃ saddhāya gaccheyyuṃ: saddhindriyaṃ .pe. Amatapariyosānanti evantaṃ pañhaṃ byākāsi. Taṃ sutvā bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ "sārīputtatthero micchāgahaṇeneva vissajjesi, ajjāpi sammāsambuddhassa na saddahiyevāti. Taṃ sutvā satthā "kinnāmetaṃ bhikkhave vadetha, ahaṃ hi `pañcindriyāni abhāvetvā samathavipassanaṃ avaḍḍhetvā maggaphalāni sacchikātuṃ samattho nāma atthīti saddahasi sārīputtāti pucchiṃ, so `evaṃ sacchikaronto atthi nāmāti na saddahāmi bhanteti kathesi, na dinnassa vā katassa vā phalavipākaṃ na saddahi, nāpi buddhādīnaṃ guṇaṃ na saddahi; so pana attanā paṭiladdhesu jhānavipassanāmaggaphaladhammesu paresaṃ saddhāya na gacchati, tasmā anupavajjoti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"assaddho akataññū ca sandhicchedo ca yo naro