Sāvatthiyaṃ … Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “‘dhammakathiko dhammakathiko’ti, bhante, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhammakathiko hotī”ti?

“Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṃ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṃvacanāya. Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammā­nu­dhammap­paṭi­panno bhikkhū’ti alaṃvacanāya. Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭha­dhamma­nib­bā­nap­patto bhikkhū’ti alaṃvacanāya.

Jātiyā ce bhikkhu … pe … bhavassa ce bhikkhu … upādānassa ce bhikkhu … taṇhāya ce bhikkhu … vedanāya ce bhikkhu … phassassa ce bhikkhu … saḷāyatanassa ce bhikkhu … nāmarūpassa ce bhikkhu … viññāṇassa ce bhikkhu … saṅkhārānañce bhikkhu … avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṃ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṃvacanāya. Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammā­nu­dhammap­paṭi­panno bhikkhū’ti alaṃvacanāya. Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭha­dhamma­nib­bā­nap­patto bhikkhū’ti alaṃvacanāyā”ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.