Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho anāthapiṇḍikaṃ gahapatiṃ bhagavā etadavoca:

“Cattārimāni, gahapati, sukhāni adhigamanīyāni gihinā kāmabhoginā kālena kālaṃ samayena samayaṃ upādāya. Katamāni cattāri? Atthisukhaṃ, bhogasukhaṃ, ānaṇyasukhaṃ, anavajjasukhaṃ.

Katamañca, gahapati, atthisukhaṃ? Idha, gahapati, kulaputtassa bhogā honti uṭṭhā­na­vīriyā­dhi­gatā bāhā­bala­pari­citā sedāvakkhittā dhammikā dhammaladdhā. So ‘bhogā me atthi uṭṭhā­na­vīriyā­dhi­gatā bāhā­bala­pari­citā sedāvakkhittā dhammikā dhammaladdhā’ti adhigacchati sukhaṃ, adhigacchati somanassaṃ. Idaṃ vuccati, gahapati, atthisukhaṃ.

Katamañca, gahapati, bhogasukhaṃ? Idha, gahapati, kulaputto uṭṭhā­na­vīriyā­dhi­gatehi bhogehi bāhā­bala­pari­citehi sedā­vak­khit­tehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi paribhuñjati puññāni ca karoti. So ‘uṭṭhā­na­vīriyā­dhi­gatehi bhogehi bāhā­bala­pari­citehi sedā­vak­khit­tehi dhammikehi dhammaladdhehi paribhuñjāmi puññāni ca karomī’ti adhigacchati sukhaṃ, adhigacchati somanassaṃ. Idaṃ vuccati, gahapati, bhogasukhaṃ.

Katamañca, gahapati, ānaṇyasukhaṃ? Idha, gahapati, kulaputto na kassaci kiñci dhāreti appaṃ vā bahuṃ vā. So ‘na kassaci kiñci dhāremi appaṃ vā bahuṃ vā’ti adhigacchati sukhaṃ, adhigacchati somanassaṃ. Idaṃ vuccati, gahapati, ānaṇyasukhaṃ.

Katamañca, gahapati, anavajjasukhaṃ? Idha, gahapati, ariyasāvako anavajjena kāyakammena samannāgato hoti, anavajjena vacīkammena samannāgato hoti, anavajjena manokammena samannāgato hoti. So ‘anavajjenamhi kāyakammena samannāgato, anavajjena vacīkammena samannāgato, anavajjena manokammena samannāgato’ti adhigacchati sukhaṃ, adhigacchati somanassaṃ. Idaṃ vuccati, gahapati, anavajjasukhaṃ. Imāni kho, gahapati, cattāri sukhāni adhigamanīyāni gihinā kāmabhoginā kālena kālaṃ samayena samayaṃ upādāyāti.

Ānaṇyasukhaṃ ñatvāna,
Atho atthisukhaṃ paraṃ;
Bhuñjaṃ bhogasukhaṃ macco,
Tato paññā vipassati.

Vipassamāno jānāti,
ubho bhoge sumedhaso;
Anavaj­ja­su­khas­setaṃ,
kalaṃ nāgghati soḷasin”ti.

Dutiyaṃ.