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

“Catūhi kho, gahapati, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihi­sāmī­ci­paṭi­padaṃ paṭipanno hoti yaso­paṭi­lābhi­niṃ sagga­saṃ­vatta­ni­kaṃ. Katamehi catūhi? Idha, gahapati, ariyasāvako bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti cīvarena, bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti piṇḍapātena, bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti senāsanena, bhikkhusaṅghaṃ paccupaṭṭhito hoti gilā­nappac­caya­bhesaj­ja­parik­khā­rena. Imehi kho, gahapati, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako gihi­sāmī­ci­paṭi­padaṃ paṭipanno hoti yaso­paṭi­lābhi­niṃ sagga­saṃ­vatta­ni­kanti.

Gihi­sāmī­ci­paṭi­padaṃ,
paṭipajjanti paṇḍitā;
Sammaggate sīlavante,
cīvarena upaṭṭhitā.

Piṇḍa­pāta­saya­nena,
Gilānap­pac­ca­yena ca;
Tesaṃ divā ca ratto ca,
Sadā puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati;
Saggañca kamatiṭṭhānaṃ,
Kammaṃ katvāna bhaddakan”ti.

Dasamaṃ.

­Puññā­bhi­sanda­vaggo paṭhamo.

Dve puññābhisandā dve ca,
saṃvāsā samajīvino;
Suppavāsā sudatto ca,
bhojanaṃ gihisāmicīti.