1 “What, O friend Sariputta, is difficult to do in this Dhamma and Discipline?”

2 “Going forth, O friend, is difficult to do in this Dhamma and Discipline.”

3 “But O friend, what is difficult to do by one who has gone forth?”

4 “Delighting [in renunciation] is difficult to do, O friend, by one who has gone forth.”

5 “But O friend, what is difficult to do by one who delights [in renunciation]?”

6 “To tread the path of dhamma that accords with the Dhamma, O friend, is difficult to do by one who delights [in renunciation].”

7 “But O friend, would it take long for a bhikkhu who is treading on the path of dhamma that accords with the Dhamma to become an arahant?”

8 “Not long, O friend.”

1 kinnu kho āvuso sāriputta imasmiṃ dhammavinaye dukkaranti.

2 pabbajjā kho āvuso imasmiṃ dhammavinaye dukkarāti.

3 pabbajitena panāvuso kiṃ dukkaranti.

4 pabbajitena kho āvuso abhirati dukkarāti.

5 abhiratena pana āvuso kiṃ dukkaranti.

6 abhiratena kho āvuso dhammānudhammapaṭipatti dukkarāti.

7 kīva ciraṃ panāvuso dhammānudhammapaṭipanno bhikkhu arahaṃ assāti.

8 na ciraṃ āvusoti.