Yuvāsi tvaṃ pabbajitoti tvaṃ pabbajanto yuvā daharoyeva hutvā pabbajitosi, nanu pabbajantena sattame dasake sampatteva pabbajitabbanti dasseti. Tiṭṭhāhi mama sāsaneti mama vacane tiṭṭha.

Kiṃ pana tanti āha "bhuñja mānusake kāme"ti. Kāme paribhuñjitukāmassa rūpasampatti vayasampatti parivārasampatti bhogasampatti ca icchitabbā. Tattha "kuto me bhogasampattī"ti vadeyyāti āha "ahaṃ vittaṃ dadāmi te"ti. "tayidaṃ vacanaṃ kathaṃ saddahātabban"ti maññeyyāti taṃ saddahāpentī āha "saccaṃ te paṭijānāmi, aggiṃ vā te harāmahan"ti. "bhuñja mānusake kāme, ahaṃ vittaṃ dadāmi te"ti yadidaṃ mayā paṭiññātaṃ, taṃ ekaṃsena saccameva paṭijānāmi, sace me na pattiyāyasi, aggiṃ vā te harāmahaṃ aggiṃ haritvā aggipaccayaṃ sapathaṃ karomīti attho. Ubhayattha kaṭaggahoti amhākaṃ ubhinnaṃ jiṇṇakāle pabbajjanaṃ ubhayattha jayaggāho, yaṃ mayaṃ yāva daṇḍaparāyanakālā bhoge bhuñjāma, evaṃ idhalokepi bhogehi na jīyāma, mayaṃ pacchā pabbajissāma, evaṃ paralokepi bhogehi na jīyāmāti adhippāyo. Tatoti taṃ nimittaṃ, kāmehi nimantentiyā "yuvāsi tvan"tiādinā"yadā jiṇṇā bhavissāmā"tiādinā ca tassā vesiyā vuttavacanahetu. Taṃ hi vacanaṃ aṅkusaṃ katvā thero samaṇadhammaṃ karonto sadatthaṃ paripūresi. Sesaṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayameva.

Sundarasamuddattheragāthāvaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.