Thero kira tassa santikaṃ gantvā āha "kinnu kho brāhmaṇa kiñcideva kusalaṃ karosīti. "karomi bhanteti. "kiṃ karosīti. "māse māse sahassapariccāgena dānaṃ dammīti. "kassa desīti. "niggaṇṭhānaṃ bhanteti. "kiṃ patthayantoti. "brahmalokaṃ bhanteti. "kiṃ pana brahmalokassa ayaṃ maggoti. "āma bhanteti. "ko evamāhāti. "ācariyehi me kathitaṃ bhanteti. "neva tvaṃ brahmalokassa maggaṃ jānāsi, napi te ācariyā; satthā eva eko jānāti, ehi brāhmaṇa, brahmalokassa te maggaṃ kathāpessāmīti taṃ ādāya satthu santikaṃ netvā "bhante ayaṃ brāhmaṇo evamāhāti taṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā "sādhu vatassa brahmalokamaggaṃ kathethāti āha. Satthā "evaṃ kira brāhmaṇāti pucchitvā, "āma bho gotamāti vutte, "brāhmaṇa tayā evaṃ dadamānena vassasataṃ dinnadānatopi muhuttamattaṃ pasannacittena mayhaṃ sāvakassa olokanaṃ vā kaṭacchubhikkhāmattadānaṃ vā mahapphalataranti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"māse māse sahassena yo yajetha sataṃ samaṃ,

ekañca bhāvitattānaṃ muhuttamapi pūjaye,

sāyeva pūjanā seyyo, yañce vassasataṃ hutanti.