1 Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. "Sattimā, bhikkhave, dhātuyo. Katamā satta? Ābhādhātu, subhadhātu, ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu, viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu, ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu, saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu – imā kho, bhikkhave, satta dhātuyo"ti.

2 Evaṃ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "yā cāyaṃ, bhante, ābhādhātu yā ca subhadhātu yā ca ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu yā ca viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu yā ca ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu yā ca nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu yā ca saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu – imā nu kho, bhante, dhātuyo kiṃ paṭicca paññāyantī"ti?

3 "Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, ābhādhātu – ayaṃ dhātu andhakāraṃ paṭicca paññāyati. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, subhadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu asubhaṃ paṭicca paññāyati. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu rūpaṃ paṭicca paññāyati. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ paṭicca paññāyati. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ paṭicca paññāyati. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ paṭicca paññāyati. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu nirodhaṃ paṭicca paññāyatī"ti.

4 "Yā cāyaṃ, bhante, ābhādhātu yā ca subhadhātu yā ca ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu yā ca viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu yā ca ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu yā ca nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu yā ca saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu – imā nu kho, bhante, dhātuyo kathaṃ samāpatti pattabbā"ti?

5 "Yā cāyaṃ, bhikkhu, ābhādhātu yā ca subhadhātu yā ca ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu yā ca viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu yā ca ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu – imā dhātuyo saññāsamāpatti pattabbā. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu sankhārāvasesasamāpatti pattabbā. Yāyaṃ, bhikkhu, saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu – ayaṃ dhātu nirodhasamāpatti pattabbā"ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.