Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭā­gāra­sālāyaṃ. Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇ­ha­samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta­cīvara­mādāya vesāliṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Tena kho pana samayena pañcamattānaṃ liccha­visatā­naṃ sārandade cetiye sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ aya­manta­rākathā udapādi: “pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ. Katamesaṃ pañcannaṃ? Hat­thira­ta­nassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, assaratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, maṇiratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, itthiratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, gaha­pati­ratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ. Imesaṃ pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmin”ti.

Atha kho te licchavī magge purisaṃ ṭhapesuṃ: “yadā tvaṃ, ambho purisa, passeyyāsi bhagavantaṃ, atha amhākaṃ āroceyyāsī”ti. Addasā kho so puriso bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ; disvāna yena te licchavī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te licchavī etadavoca: “ayaṃ so, bhante, bhagavā gacchati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho; yassadāni kālaṃ maññathā”ti.

Atha kho te licchavī yena bhagavā tenu­pasaṅka­miṃsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho te licchavī bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ: 

“Sādhu, bhante, yena sārandadaṃ cetiyaṃ tenupa­saṅka­matu anukampaṃ upādāyā”ti. Adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena. Atha kho bhagavā yena sārandadaṃ cetiyaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Nisajja kho bhagavā te licchavī etadavoca: “kāya nuttha, licchavī, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā, kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā”ti? “Idha, bhante, amhākaṃ sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ aya­manta­rākathā udapādi: ‘pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ. Katamesaṃ pañcannaṃ? Hat­thira­ta­nassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, assaratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, maṇiratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, itthiratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, gaha­pati­ratanassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ. Imesaṃ pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmin’”ti.

“Kāmādhi­muttā­naṃ vata bho licchavīnaṃ kāmaṃyeva ārabbha antarākathā udapādi. Pañcannaṃ, licchavī, ratanānaṃ pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ. Katamesaṃ pañcannaṃ? Tathāgatassa arahato sammā­sambud­dhassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṃ, tathā­gatap­pa­vedi­tassa dhamma­vinayassa desetā puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ, tathā­gatap­pa­vedi­tassa dhamma­vinayassa desitassa viññātā puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ, tathā­gatap­pa­vedi­tassa dhamma­vinayassa desitassa viññātā dhammā­nu­dhammap­paṭi­panno puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ, kataññū katavedī puggalo dullabho lokasmiṃ. Imesaṃ kho, licchavī, pañcannaṃ ratanānaṃ pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmin”ti.

Tatiyaṃ.