"attanā va kataṃ pāpanti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto cullakālaupāsakaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekadivasaṃ hi mahākālavatthusmiṃ vuttanayeneva ummaṅgacorā sāmikehi anubaddhā rattiṃ vihāre dhammakathaṃ sutvā pātova vihārā nikkhamitvā sāvatthiṃ āgacchantassa upāsakassa purato bhaṇḍakaṃ chaḍḍetvā palāyiṃsu. Manussā taṃ disvā "ayaṃ rattiṃ corakammaṃ katvā dhammaṃ suṇanto viya carati, gaṇhatha nanti taṃ pothayiṃsu. Kumbhadāsiyo udakatitthaṃ gacchamānā taṃ disvā "apetha sāmi, nāyaṃ evarūpaṃ karotīti taṃ mocesuṃ. So vihāraṃ gantvā "bhante ahamhi manussehi nāsito, kumbhadāsiyo me nissāya jīvitaṃ laddhanti bhikkhūnaṃ ārocesi. Bhikkhū tathāgatassa tamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Satthā tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā "bhikkhave cullakālaupāsako kumbhadāsiyo ceva nissāya attano ca akārakabhāvena jīvitaṃ labhi; ime hi nāma sattā attanā pāpakammaṃ katvā nirayādīsu attanā va kilissanti, kusalaṃ katvā pana sugatiñceva nibbānañca gacchantā attanāva visujjhantīti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"attanā va kataṃ pāpaṃ, attanā saṅkilissati;

attanā akataṃ pāpaṃ, attanā va visujjhati;