1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​ ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahākaccāno varaṇāyaṃ viharati bhaddasāritīre. Atha kho ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmatā mahākaccānena saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etadavoca:  "ko nu kho, bho kaccāna, hetu ko paccayo yena khattiyāpi khattiyehi vivadanti, brāhmaṇāpi brāhmaṇehi vivadanti, gahapatikāpi gahapatikehi vivadantī"ti?

"Kāmarāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānahetu kho, brāhmaṇa, khattiyāpi khattiyehi vivadanti, brāhmaṇāpi brāhmaṇehi vivadanti, gahapatikāpi gahapatikehi vivadantī"ti.

2 "Ko pana, bho kaccāna, hetu ko paccayo yena samaṇāpi samaṇehi vivadantī"ti?

"Diṭṭhirāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānahetu kho, brāhmaṇa, samaṇāpi samaṇehi vivadantī"ti.

3 "Atthi pana, bho kaccāna, koci lokasmiṃ yo imañceva kāmarāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto"ti? "Atthi, brāhmaṇa, lokasmiṃ yo imañceva kāmarāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto"ti.

4 "Ko pana so, bho kaccāna, lokasmiṃ yo imañceva kāmarāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto"ti?
"Atthi, brāhmaṇa, puratthimesu janapadesu sāvatthī nāma nagaraṃ. Tattha so bhagavā etarahi viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho. So hi, brāhmaṇa, bhagavā imañceva kāmarāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto"ti.

5 Evaṃ vutte, ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsangaṃ karitvā dakkhiṇaṃ jāṇumaṇḍalaṃ pathaviyaṃ nihantvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi: 

6 "Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.

7 Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.

8 Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.

9 Yo hi so bhagavā imañceva kāmarāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgā­bhinivesavinibandha­paligedha­pariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṃ samatikkanto"ti.

10 "Abhikkantaṃ, bho kaccāna, abhikkantaṃ, bho kaccāna. Seyyathāpi, bho kaccāna, nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya; andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya:  ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṃ bhotā kaccānena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ, bho kaccāna, taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusanghañca. Upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ kaccāno dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.