Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā sāriputto magadhesu viharati nālakagāmake. Atha kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ etadavoca: 

“Kiṃ nu kho, āvuso sāriputta, sukhaṃ, kiṃ dukkhan”ti? “Abhinibbatti kho, āvuso, dukkhā, anabhinibbatti sukhā. Abhinibbattiyā, āvuso, sati idaṃ dukkhaṃ pāṭikaṅkhaṃ—sītaṃ uṇhaṃ jighacchā pipāsā uccāro passāvo aggisamphasso daṇḍasamphasso sattha­samphasso ñātīpi mittāpi saṅgamma samāgamma rosenti. Abhinibbattiyā, āvuso, sati idaṃ dukkhaṃ pāṭikaṅkhaṃ. Ana­bhi­nib­bat­tiyā, āvuso, sati idaṃ sukhaṃ pāṭikaṅkhaṃ—na sītaṃ na uṇhaṃ na jighacchā na pipāsā na uccāro na passāvo na aggisamphasso na daṇḍasamphasso na sattha­samphasso ñātīpi mittāpi saṅgamma samāgamma na rosenti. Ana­bhi­nib­bat­tiyā, āvuso, sati idaṃ sukhaṃ pāṭikaṅkhan”ti.

Pañcamaṃ.