Kassapabuddhakāle kireko gahapatiputto satthu dhammaṃ sutvā

Uppannasaṃvego pabbajitvā laddhūpasampado, aparena samayena anabhiratiyā uppannāya, ekassa sahāyakassa bhikkhuno ārocesi. So tassa abhiṇhaṃ gihibhāve ādīnavaṃ kathesi. Taṃ sutvā itaro sāsane abhiramitvā pubbe anabhiratakāle malaggahite samaṇaparikkhāre ekasmiṃ soṇḍitīre nimmale karonto nisīdi. Sahāyakopissa santikeyeva nisinno. Atha naṃ so evamāha "ahaṃ āvuso uppabbajanto ime parikkhāre tuyhaṃ dātukāmo ahosinti. So lobhaṃ uppādetvā cintesi "iminā mayhaṃ pabbajitena vā uppabbajitena vā ko attho, idāni parikkhāre nāsessāmīti. So tato paṭṭhāya "kindāni āvuso amhākaṃ jīvitena; ye mayaṃ kapālahatthā parakulesu piṇḍāya carāma, puttadārehi saddhiṃ allāpasallāpaṃ na karomātiādīni vadanto gihibhāvassa guṇaṃ kathesi. So tassa kathaṃ sutvā puna ukkaṇṭhito hutvā [cintesi] "ayaṃ mayā `ukkaṇṭhitomhīti vutte, paṭhamaṃ gihibhāve ādīnavaṃ kathetvā idāni abhiṇhaṃ guṇaṃ kathesi, kinnu kho kāraṇanti cintento "imesu samaṇaparikkhāresu lobhenāti ñatvā sayameva attano cittaṃ navattesi, evamassa kassapabuddhakāle ekassa bhikkhuno ukkaṇṭhāpitattā idāni anabhirati uppannā. Yo pana tena tadā vīsativassasahassāni samaṇadhammo kato, svassa etarahi arahattassa upanissayo jātoti.

Imamatthaṃ te bhikkhū bhagavato santikā sutvā uttariṃ pucchiṃsu "bhante ayaṃ kira bhikkhu khuradhāraṃ galanāḷiyaṃ katvā ṭhitakova arahattaṃ pāpuṇi, uppajjati nu kho ettakena khaṇena arahattamaggoti. "āma bhikkhave, āraddhaviriyassa bhikkhuno pādaṃ ukkhipitvā bhūmiyaṃ ṭhapentassa pāde bhūmiyaṃ appatteyeva arahattamaggo uppajjati; kusītapuggalassa hi vassasataṃ jīvitato āraddhaviriyassa khaṇamattampi jīvitaṃ seyyoti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"yo ca vassasataṃ jīve kusīto hīnavīriyo,