1 Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. Atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: 

2 "Kiṃ nu kho, bho gotama, so karoti so paṭisaṃvedayatī"ti? "‘So karoti so paṭisaṃvedayatī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, ayameko anto".

3 "Kiṃ pana, bho gotama, añño karoti, añño paṭisaṃvedayatī"ti? "‘Añño karoti, añño paṭisaṃvedayatī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, ayaṃ dutiyo anto. Ete te, brāhmaṇa, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṃ deseti:  ‘avijjāpaccayā sankhārā; sankhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti. Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā sankhāranirodho; sankhāranirodhā … pe … evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’"ti.

4 Evaṃ vutte, so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.