Tattha uppathenāti corehi pariyuṭṭhitamaggena. Maggamanusāsatīti khemamaggaṃ akkhāti. Nāssa maggeyya kaṇṭakoti tassa ovādakarassa purisassa maggato mukhaṃ corakaṇṭako na passeyya. Yo dhammanti yo sucaritadhammaṃ. Na soti so puriso nirayādibhedaṃ duggatiṃ na gaccheyya. Uppathasadiso hi mahārāja adhammo khemamaggasadiso sucaritadhammo. Tvaṃ pana pubbe pitaraṃ ghāṭetvā rājā homīti mayhaṃ kathetvā mayā paṭibāhito mama vacanaṃ akatvā pitaraṃ ghāṭetvā idāni socasi paṇḍitānaṃ ovādaṃ akaronto nāma coramaggapaṭipannā viya mahābyasanaṃ pāpuṇātīti.

Evamassa ovādaṃ datvā mahāsatto upari dhammaṃ desento āha

dhammo patho mahārāja adhammo pana uppatho

adhammo nirayaṃ neti dhammo pāpeti sugatiṃ.