"yo nibbanaṭṭhoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ekaṃ vibbhantakaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Eko kira mahākassapattherassa saddhivihāriko hutvā cattāri jhānāni uppādetvāpi attano mātulassa suvaṇṇakārassa gehe visabhāgarūpārammaṇaṃ disvā tattha paṭibaddhacitto vibabhami. Atha naṃ manussā alasabhāvena kammaṃ kātuṃ anicchantaṃ gehā nīhariṃsu. So pāpamittasaṃsaggena corakammena jīvitaṃ kappento vicari. Atha naṃ ekadivasaṃ gahetvā pacchābāhuṃ gāḷhabandhanaṃ bandhitvā catukke catukke kasāhi tālentā āghātaṃ nayiṃsu. Thero piṇḍāya carituṃ pavisanto taṃ dakkhiṇadvārena nīhariyamānaṃ disvā bandhanaṃ sithilaṃ kāretvā "pubbe tayā paricitaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ puna āvajjehīti

Āha. So tena ovādena satuppādaṃ labhitvā puna catutthajjhānaṃ nibbattesi. Atha naṃ āghātanaṃ netvā "ghātessāmāti sūle uttāsesuṃ. So na bhāyati na santasati. Athassa tasmiṃ tasmiṃ disābhāge ṭhitā manussā asisattitomarādīni āvudhāni ukkhipitvāpi taṃ asantasantameva disvā "passatha bhonto imaṃ purisaṃ, anekasatānaṃpi āvudhahatthānaṃ purisānaṃ majjhe nevacchambhati na vedhati, aho acchariyanti acchariyabbhūtajātā mahānādaṃ naditvā rañño taṃ pavattiṃ ārocesuṃ. Rājā taṃ kāraṇaṃ sutvā "vissajjetha nanti vatvā satthu santikaṃpi gantvā tamatthaṃ ārocesi. Satthā obhāsaṃ pharitvā tassa dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha.

"yo nibbanaṭṭho vanādhimutto