Evaṃ tasmiṃ aggimhi attano sarīre lomakūpamattampi uṇhaṃ kātuṃ asakkonto bodhisattopi himagabbhaṃ paviṭṭho viya hutvā brāhmaṇarūpadharaṃ sakkaṃ evamāha "brāhmaṇa tayā kato aggi atisītalo, kinnāmetan"ti. Paṇḍita nāhaṃ brāhmaṇo, sakkohamasmi, tava vīmaṃsanatthaṃ āgato evamakāsinti. "sakka tvaṃ tāva tiṭṭhatu, sakalopi ce loko maṃ dānena vīmaṃseyya, neva me adātukāmataṃ kathañcipi uppādeyya passetha nan"ti bodhisatto sīhanādaṃ nadi.

Atha naṃ sakko "sasapaṇḍita tava guṇā sakalakappampi pākaṭā hontū"ti pabbataṃ pīḷetvā pabbatarasaṃ ādāya candamaṇḍale sasalakkhaṇaṃ ālikhitvā bodhisattaṃ tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe tattheva vanagumbe taruṇadabbatiṇapīṭhe nipajjāpetvā attano devalokameva gato. Tepi cattāro paṇḍitā samaggā sammodamānā niccasīlaṃ uposathasīlañca pūretvā yathārahaṃ puññāni katvā yathākammaṃ gatā. Tadā uddo āyasmā ānando ahosi, siṅgālo mahāmoggallāno, makkaṭo sāriputto, sasapaṇḍito pana lokanātho.

Tassa idhāpi sīlādipāramiyo heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva yathārahaṃ niddhāretabbā. Tathā satipi tiracchānupapattiyaṃ kusalādidhamme kusalādito yathābhūtāvabodho, tesu aṇumattampi vajjaṃ bhayato disvā suṭṭhu akusalato oramaṇaṃ, sammadeva ca kusaladhammesu attano patiṭṭhāpanaṃ, paresañca "ime nāma pāpadhammā te evaṃ gahitā evaṃ parāmaṭṭhā evaṃgatikā bhavanti