“Kathaṃ, bhante, sam­pak­khan­dana­lak­khaṇā saddhā”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṃ cittaṃ vimuttaṃ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadā­gāmi­phale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṃ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya. Evaṃ kho, mahārāja, sam­pak­khan­dana­lak­khaṇā saddhā”ti.

“Opammaṃ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, uparipabbate mahāmegho abhip­pa­vas­seyya, taṃ udakaṃ yathāninnaṃ pavattamānaṃ pabba­ta­kanda­ra­padara­sā­khā paripūretvā nadiṃ paripūreyya, sā ubhato kūlāni saṃvissandantī gaccheyya, atha mahājanakāyo āgantvā tassā nadiyā uttānataṃ vā gambhīrataṃ vā ajānanto bhīto vitthato tīre tiṭṭheyya, athaññataro puriso āgantvā attano thāmañca balañca sampassanto gāḷhaṃ kacchaṃ bandhitvā pakkhanditvā tareyya, taṃ tiṇṇaṃ passitvā mahājanakāyopi tareyya; evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṃ cittaṃ vimuttaṃ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadā­gāmi­phale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṃ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya. Evaṃ kho, mahārāja, sam­pak­khan­dana­lak­khaṇā saddhāti. Bhāsitampetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā saṃ­yutta­nikāya­vare—

‘Saddhāya taratī oghaṃ,
appamādena aṇṇavaṃ;
Vīriyena dukkhamacceti,
paññāya parisujjhatī’”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

Sam­pak­khan­dana­lak­kha­ṇa­saddhā­pañho ekādasamo.