Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ yena naḷakapānaṃ nāma kosalānaṃ nigamo tadavasari. Tatra sudaṃ bhagavā naḷakapāne viharati palāsavane. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā tadahuposathe bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto nisinno hoti. Atha kho bhagavā bahudeva rattiṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā tuṇhībhūtaṃ tuṇhībhūtaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ anuviloketvā āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ āmantesi:

VAR: Vigatathinamiddho → vigatathīnamiddho (bj, s1-3, km, pts1)

“Vigatathinamiddho kho, sāriputta, bhikkhusaṃgho. Paṭibhātu taṃ, sāriputta, bhikkhūnaṃ dhammī kathā. Piṭṭhi me āgilāyati; tamahaṃ āyamissāmī”ti. “Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavato paccassosi.

Atha kho bhagavā catugguṇaṃ saṅghāṭiṃ paññāpetvā dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṃ kappesi pāde pādaṃ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṃ manasi karitvā. Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi: “āvuso bhikkhave”ti. “Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṃ. Āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:

VAR: hirī → hiri (bj, s1-3, km, pts1)

“Yassa kassaci, āvuso, saddhā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī natthi … ottappaṃ natthi …

VAR: vīriyaṃ → viriyaṃ (bj, s1-3, km, pts1)

vīriyaṃ natthi … paññā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, hāniyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no vuddhi. Seyyathāpi, āvuso, kāḷapakkhe candassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, hāyateva vaṇṇena hāyati maṇḍalena hāyati ābhāya hāyati ārohapariṇāhena; evamevaṃ kho, āvuso, yassa kassaci saddhā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī natthi … ottappaṃ natthi … vīriyaṃ natthi … paññā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, hāniyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no vuddhi.

‘Assaddho purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘ahiriko purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘anottappī purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘kusīto purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘duppañño purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘kodhano purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘upanāhī purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘pāpiccho purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘pāpamitto purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ; ‘micchādiṭṭhiko purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, parihānametaṃ.

Yassa kassaci, āvuso, saddhā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī atthi … ottappaṃ atthi … paññā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no parihāni. Seyyathāpi, āvuso, juṇhapakkhe candassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vaḍḍhateva vaṇṇena vaḍḍhati maṇḍalena vaḍḍhati ābhāya vaḍḍhati ārohapariṇāhena; evamevaṃ kho, āvuso, yassa kassaci saddhā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī atthi … ottappaṃ atthi … vīriyaṃ atthi … paññā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no parihāni.

‘Saddho purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘hirīmā purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘ottappī purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘āraddhavīriyo purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘paññavā purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘akkodhano purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘anupanāhī purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘appiccho purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘kalyāṇamitto purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametaṃ; ‘sammādiṭṭhiko purisapuggalo’ti, āvuso, aparihānametan”ti.

Atha kho bhagavā paccuṭṭhāya āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ āmantesi: “sādhu sādhu, sāriputta. Yassa kassaci, sāriputta, saddhā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī natthi … ottappaṃ natthi … vīriyaṃ natthi … paññā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, hāniyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no vuddhi. Seyyathāpi, sāriputta, kāḷapakkhe candassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, hāyateva vaṇṇena hāyati maṇḍalena hāyati ābhāya hāyati ārohapariṇāhena; evamevaṃ kho, sāriputta, yassa kassaci saddhā natthi kusalesu dhammesu … pe … paññā natthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā … pe … no vuddhi.

‘Assaddho purisapuggalo’ti, sāriputta, parihānametaṃ; ahiriko … anottappī … kusīto … duppañño … kodhano … upanāhī … pāpiccho … pāpamitto … ‘micchādiṭṭhiko purisapuggalo’ti, sāriputta, parihānametaṃ.

Yassa kassaci, sāriputta, saddhā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī atthi … ottappaṃ atthi … vīriyaṃ atthi … paññā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no parihāni. Seyyathāpi, sāriputta, juṇhapakkhe candassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vaḍḍhateva vaṇṇena vaḍḍhati maṇḍalena vaḍḍhati ābhāya vaḍḍhati ārohapariṇāhena; evamevaṃ kho, sāriputta, yassa kassaci saddhā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, hirī atthi … ottappaṃ atthi … vīriyaṃ atthi … paññā atthi kusalesu dhammesu, tassa yā ratti vā divaso vā āgacchati, vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu no parihāni.

‘Saddho purisapuggalo’ti, sāriputta, aparihānametaṃ; hirīmā … ottappī … āraddhavīriyo … paññavā … akkodhano … anupanāhī … appiccho … kalyāṇamitto … ‘sammādiṭṭhiko purisapuggalo’ti, sāriputta, aparihānametan”ti.

Sattamaṃ.