Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. “Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkā­ra­siloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, bāḷisiko āmisagataṃ baḷisaṃ gambhīre udakarahade pakkhipeyya. Tamenaṃ aññataro āmisacakkhu maccho gileyya. Evañhi so, bhikkhave, maccho gilabaḷiso bāḷisikassa anayaṃ āpanno byasanaṃ āpanno yathā­kāma­ka­raṇīyo bāḷisikassa.

Bāḷisikoti kho, bhikkhave, mārassetaṃ pāpimato adhivacanaṃ. Baḷisanti kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkā­ra­silokas­setaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṃ lābhasakkā­ra­silokaṃ assādeti nikāmeti, ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gilabaḷiso mārassa anayaṃ āpanno byasanaṃ āpanno yathā­kāma­ka­raṇīyo pāpimato. Evaṃ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkā­ra­siloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ: ‘uppannaṃ lābhasakkā­ra­silokaṃ pajahissāma, na ca no uppanno lābhasakkā­ra­siloko cittaṃ pariyādāya ṭhassatī’ti. Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

Dutiyaṃ.