"yassa tiṇṇo kāmapaṅko maddito kāmakaṇṭako

mohakkhayamanuppatto sukhadukkhe na vedhatīti.

Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ pucchiṃsu "āvuso nanda pubbe tvaṃ `ukkaṇṭhitomhīti vadesi, idāni te kathanti. "natthi me āvuso gihibhāvāya ālayoti. Taṃ sutvā bhikkhū "abhūtaṃ āyasmā nando katheti, aññaṃ byākaroti, atītadivasesu `ukkaṇṭhitomhīti vatvā, idāni `natthi me gihibhāvāya ālayoti kathetīti vatvā gantvā

Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Bhagavā "bhikkhave atītadivasesu nandassa attabhāvo ducchannagehasadiso ahosi, idāni succhannagehasadiso jāto, ayaṃ hi dibbaccharānaṃ diṭṭhakālato paṭṭhāya pabbajitakiccassa matthakaṃ pāpetuṃ vāyamanto taṃ kiccaṃ pattoti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi