"pāpañce puriso kayirāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto seyyasakattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

So kira loḷudāyittherassa saddhivihāriko attano anabhiratiṃ tassa ārocetvā tena paṭhamasaṅghādisesakamme samādapito uppannuppannāya anabhiratiyā taṃ kammamakāsi. Satthā tassa kiriyaṃ sutvā taṃ pakkosāpetvā "evaṃ kira tvaṃ karosīti pucchitvā, "āma bhanteti vutte, "kasmā bhāriyaṃ kammaṃ akāsi, ananucchavikaṃ moghapurisāti nānappakārato garahitvā sikkhāpadaṃ paññāpetvā "evarūpaṃ hi kammaṃ diṭṭhadhammepi samparāyepi dukkhasaṃvattanikameva hotīti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"pāpañce puriso kayirā, na naṃ kayirā punappunaṃ,

na tamhi chandaṃ kayirātha, dukkho pāpassa uccayoti.