Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Yajamānānaṃ manussānaṃ,
puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṃ;
Karotaṃ opadhikaṃ puññaṃ,
kattha dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti.

“Cattāro ca paṭipannā,
cattāro ca phale ṭhitā;
Esa saṅgho ujubhūto,
paññāsīlasamāhito.

Yajamānānaṃ manussānaṃ,
Puññapekkhāna pāṇinaṃ;
Karotaṃ opadhikaṃ puññaṃ,
Saṅghe dinnaṃ mahapphalan”ti.