"na sīlabbatamattenāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sambahule sīlādisampanne bhikkhū ārabbha kathesi.

Tesu kira ekaccānaṃ evaṃ ahosi "mayaṃ sampannasīlā, mayaṃ dhutaṅgadharā, mayaṃ bahussutā, mayaṃ pantasenāsanavāsino, mayaṃ jhānalābhino, na amhākaṃ arahattaṃ dullabhaṃ, icchitadivaseyeva arahattaṃ pāpuṇissāmāti. Yepi tattha anāgāmino, tesaṃpi etadahosi "na amhākaṃ idāni arahattaṃ dullabhanti. Te sabbepi ekadivasaṃ satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā nisinnā "api nukho vo bhikkhave pabbajitakiccaṃ matthakaṃ pattanti satthārā puṭṭhā evamāhaṃsu "bhante

Mayaṃ evarūpā ca evarūpā ca; tasmā `icchiticchitakkhaṇeyeva arahattaṃ pattuṃ samatthamhāti cintetvā viharāmāti. Satthā tesaṃ vacanaṃ sutvā "bhikkhave bhikkhunā nāma parisuddhasīlādimattakena vā anāgāmisukha- mattakena vā `appakaṃ no bhavadukkhanti daṭṭhuṃ na vaṭṭati, āsavakkhayaṃ pana appatvā `sukhitomhīti cittaṃ na uppādetabbanti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi

"na sīlabbatamattena bāhusaccena vā pana