Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ "āvuso santatimahāmatto ekagāthāvasāne arahattaṃ patvā alaṅkatapaṭiyattova ākāse nisīditvā parinibbuto: kinnu kho etaṃ `samaṇoti vattuṃ vaṭṭati

Udāhu `brāhmaṇoti. Satthā āgantvā "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā, `imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave mama puttaṃ `samaṇotipi vattuṃ vaṭṭati, `brāhmaṇotipi vattuṃ vaṭṭatiyevāti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha

"alaṅkato cepi samañcareyya

santo danto niyato brahmacārī