Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā uruvelāyaṃ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapā­la­nigrodhe paṭha­mā­bhisam­buddho. Atha kho bhagavato rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi: “pañcindriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni amatogadhāni honti amata­parā­yaṇāni amata­pari­yosānāni. Katamāni pañca? Saddhindriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ bahulīkataṃ amatogadhaṃ hoti amataparāyaṇaṃ amata­pari­yosānaṃ. Vīriyindriyaṃ … pe … satindriyaṃ … pe … samādhindriyaṃ … pe … paññindriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ bahulīkataṃ amatogadhaṃ hoti amataparāyaṇaṃ amata­pari­yosānaṃ. Imāni pañcindriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni amatogadhāni honti amata­parā­yaṇāni amata­pari­yosānānī”ti.

Atha kho brahmā sahampati bhagavato cetasā ceto­pari­vitak­ka­maññāya—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva brahmaloke antarahito bhagavato purato pāturahosi. Atha kho brahmā sahampati ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “evametaṃ, bhagavā, evametaṃ sugata. Pañcindriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni amatogadhāni honti amata­parā­yaṇāni amata­pari­yosānāni. Katamāni pañca? Saddhindriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ bahulīkataṃ amatogadhaṃ hoti amataparāyaṇaṃ amata­pari­yosānaṃ … pe … paññindriyaṃ bhāvitaṃ bahulīkataṃ amatogadhaṃ hoti amataparāyaṇaṃ amata­pari­yosānaṃ. Imāni pañcindriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni amatogadhāni honti amata­parā­yaṇāni amata­pari­yosānāni.

Bhūtapubbāhaṃ, bhante, kassape sammāsambuddhe brahmacariyaṃ acariṃ. Tatrapi maṃ evaṃ jānanti: ‘sahako bhikkhu, sahako bhikkhū’ti. So khvāhaṃ, bhante, imesaṃyeva pañcannaṃ indriyānaṃ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā kāmesu kāmacchandaṃ virājetvā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ brahmalokaṃ upapanno. Tatrapi maṃ evaṃ jānanti: ‘brahmā sahampati, brahmā sahampatī’ti. Evametaṃ, bhagavā, evametaṃ sugata. Ahametaṃ jānāmi, ahametaṃ passāmi yathā imāni pañcindriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni amatogadhāni honti amata­parā­yaṇāni amata­pari­yosānānī”ti.

Sattamaṃ.