Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. “Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkā­ra­siloko … pe … adhigamāya. Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, aññatarasmiṃ udakarahade mahākummakulaṃ ciranivāsi ahosi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, aññataro kummo aññataraṃ kummaṃ etadavoca: ‘mā kho tvaṃ, tāta kumma, etaṃ padesaṃ agamāsī’ti. Agamāsi kho, bhikkhave, so kummo taṃ padesaṃ. Tamenaṃ luddo papatāya vijjhi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, so kummo yena so kummo tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho, bhikkhave, so kummo taṃ kummaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ. Disvāna taṃ kummaṃ etadavoca: ‘kacci tvaṃ, tāta kumma, na taṃ padesaṃ agamāsī’ti? ‘Agamāsiṃ khvāhaṃ, tāta kumma, taṃ padesan’ti. ‘Kacci panāsi, tāta kumma, akkhato anupahato’ti? ‘Akkhato khomhi, tāta kumma, anupahato, atthi ca me idaṃ suttakaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhan’ti. ‘Tagghasi, tāta kumma, khato, taggha upahato. Etena hi te, tāta kumma, suttakena pitaro ca pitāmahā ca anayaṃ āpannā byasanaṃ āpannā. Gaccha dāni tvaṃ, tāta kumma, na dāni tvaṃ amhākan’ti.

Luddoti kho, bhikkhave, mārassetaṃ pāpimato adhivacanaṃ. Papatāti kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkā­ra­silokas­setaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Suttakanti kho, bhikkhave, nandī­rāgas­setaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṃ lābhasakkā­ra­silokaṃ assādeti nikāmeti—ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu giddho papatāya anayaṃ āpanno byasanaṃ āpanno yathā­kāma­ka­raṇīyo pāpimato. Evaṃ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkā­ra­siloko … pe … evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

Tatiyaṃ.