1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ ayamantarākathā udapādi:  "ko nu kho, āvuso, sippaṃ jānāti? Ko kiṃ sippaṃ sikkhi? Kataraṃ sippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti?

2 Tatthekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "hatthisippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "assasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "rathasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "dhanusippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "tharusippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "muddāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "gaṇanāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "sankhānasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "lekhāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "kāveyyasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "lokāyatasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  "khattavijjāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan"ti. Ayañcarahi tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ antarākathā hoti vippakatā.

3 Atha kho bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena maṇḍalamāḷo tenupasankami; upasankamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:  "kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā, kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā"ti?

4 "Idha, bhante, amhākaṃ pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ ayamantarākathā udapādi:  ‘ko nu kho, āvuso, sippaṃ jānāti? Ko kiṃ sippaṃ sikkhi? Kataraṃ sippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti?

5 Tatthekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘hatthisippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘assasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘rathasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘dhanusippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘tharusippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘muddāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘gaṇanāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘sankhānasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘lekhāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘kāveyyasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘lokāyatasippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ekacce evamāhaṃsu:  ‘khattavijjāsippaṃ sippānaṃ aggan’ti. Ayaṃ kho no, bhante, antarākathā hoti vippakatā, atha bhagavā anuppatto"ti.

6 "Na khvetaṃ, bhikkhave, tumhākaṃ patirūpaṃ kulaputtānaṃ saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitānaṃ yaṃ tumhe evarūpiṃ kathaṃ katheyyātha. Sannipatitānaṃ vo, bhikkhave, dvayaṃ karaṇīyaṃ – dhammī vā kathā ariyo vā tuṇhībhāvo"ti.

7 Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi: 

8 "Asippajīvī lahu atthakāmo,
Yatindriyo sabbadhi vippamutto;
Anokasārī amamo nirāso,
Hitvā mānaṃ ekacaro sa bhikkhū"ti.

Navamaṃ.