Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā āḷaviyaṃ viharati aggāḷave cetiye. Tena kho panasamayena āyasmato vaṅgīsassa upajjhāyo nigrodhakappo nāma thero aggāḷave cetiyeacira­pari­nibbuto hoti. Atha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassaevaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi— parinibbuto nu kho me upajjhāyo udāhu noparinibbutoti? Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenabhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavantaṃ etadavoca— idha mayhaṃ,bhante, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi—parinibbuto nu kho me upajjhāyo, udāhu no parinibbutoti. Atha kho āyasmāvaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ cīvaraṃ katvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvābhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Pucchāmi ­satthā­ra­mano­mapaññaṃ,
Diṭṭheva dhamme yo vicikicchānaṃ chettā;
Aggāḷave kālamakāsi bhikkhu,
Ñāto yasassī abhinibbutatto.

Nigrodhakappo iti tassa nāmaṃ,
Tayā kataṃ bhagavā brāhmaṇassa;
So taṃ namassaṃ acari mutyapekkho,
Āraddhaviriyo daḷ­ha­dham­ma­dassī.

Taṃ sāvakaṃ sakya mayampi sabbe,
Aññātumicchāma samantacakkhu;
Samavaṭṭhitā no savanāya sotā,
Tuvaṃ no satthā tvamanuttarosi.

Chindeva no vicikicchaṃ brūhi metaṃ,
Parinibbutaṃ vedaya bhūripañña;
Majjheva no bhāsa samantacakkhu,
Sakkova devāna sahassanetto.

Ye keci ganthā idha mohamaggā,
Aññāṇapakkhā vici­kiccha­ṭhānā;
Tathāgataṃ patvā na te bhavanti,
Cakkhuñhi etaṃ paramaṃ narānaṃ.

No ce hi jātu puriso kilese,
Vāto yathā abbhaghanaṃ vihāne;
Tamovassa nivuto sabbaloko,
Na jotimantopi narā tapeyyuṃ.

Dhīrā ca pajjotakarā bhavanti,
Taṃ taṃ ahaṃ vīra tatheva maññe;
Vipassinaṃ jāna­mupāga­mumhā,
Parisāsu no āvikarohi kappaṃ.

Khippaṃ giraṃ eraya vaggu vagguṃ,
Haṃsova paggayha saṇikaṃ nikūja;
Bindussarena suvikappitena,
Sabbeva te ujjugatā suṇoma.

Pahīna­jāti­maraṇaṃ asesaṃ,
Niggayha dhonaṃ vadessāmi dhammaṃ;
Na kāmakāro hi puthujjanānaṃ,
Saṅkheyyakāro ca tathāgatānaṃ.

Sam­panna­vey­yāka­ra­ṇaṃ tavedaṃ,
­Samuj­ju­paññassa samuggahītaṃ;
Ayamañjalī pacchimo suppaṇāmito,
Mā mohayī jāna­manoma­pañña.

Parovaraṃ ariyadhammaṃ viditvā,
Mā mohayī jānamanomavīra;
Vāriṃ yathā ghammani ghammatatto,
Vācā­bhi­kaṅ­khāmi sutaṃ pavassa.

Yadatthikaṃ brahmacariyaṃ acarī,
Kappāyano kaccissa taṃ amoghaṃ;
Nibbāyi so ādu saupādiseso,
Yathā vimutto ahu taṃ suṇoma”.

“Acchecchi taṇhaṃ idha nāmarūpe,
(iti bhagavā):
Kaṇhassa sotaṃ dīgha­rat­tā­nusa­yi­taṃ;
Atāri jātiṃ maraṇaṃ asesaṃ”,
Iccabravī bhagavā pañcaseṭṭho.

“Esa sutvā pasīdāmi,
Vaco te isisattama;
Amoghaṃ kira me puṭṭhaṃ,
Na maṃ vañcesi brāhmaṇo.

Yathāvādī tathākārī,
Ahu buddhassa sāvako;
Acchidā maccuno jālaṃ,
Tataṃ māyāvino daḷhaṃ.

Addasā bhagavā ādiṃ,
Upādānassa kappiyo;
Accagā vata kappāyano,
Maccudheyyaṃ suduttaran”ti.

Nigrodha­kappa­suttaṃ dvādasamaṃ.