Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. “Bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, dasārahānaṃ ānako nāma mudiṅgo ahosi. Tassa dasārahā ānake ghaṭite aññaṃ āṇiṃ odahiṃsu. Ahu kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ ānakassa mudiṅgassa porāṇaṃ pok­kha­ra­phala­kaṃ antaradhāyi. Āṇisaṅghāṭova avasissi. Evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhavissanti bhikkhū anāga­ta­maddhā­naṃ, ye te suttantā tathā­gata­bhāsitā gambhīrā gambhīratthā lokuttarā suñña­tap­paṭi­saṃ­yuttā, tesu bhaññamānesu na sussūsissanti na sotaṃ odahissanti na aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhā­pessanti na ca te dhamme uggahetabbaṃ ­pariyā­puṇi­tabbaṃ maññissanti.

Ye pana te suttantā kavikatā kāveyyā cittakkharā cittabyañjanā bāhirakā sāvakabhāsitā, tesu bhaññamānesu sussūsissanti, sotaṃ odahissanti, aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhā­pessanti, te ca dhamme uggahetabbaṃ ­pariyā­puṇi­tabbaṃ maññissanti. Evametesaṃ, bhikkhave, suttantānaṃ tathā­gata­bhāsi­tā­naṃ gambhīrānaṃ gam­bhī­rat­thānaṃ lokuttarānaṃ suñña­tap­paṭi­saṃ­yuttā­naṃ antaradhānaṃ bhavissati. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ: ‘ye te suttantā tathā­gata­bhāsitā gambhīrā gambhīratthā lokuttarā suñña­tap­paṭi­saṃ­yuttā, tesu bhaññamānesu sussūsissāma, sotaṃ odahissāma, aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhāpessāma, te ca dhamme uggahetabbaṃ ­pariyā­puṇi­tabbaṃ maññissāmā’ti. Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

Sattamaṃ.