Sāvatthi­nidānaṃ. “Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ: ‘kimatthiyaṃ, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti, evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ añña­titthi­yā­naṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha: ‘rāga­virāgat­thaṃ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti. Sace pana vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ: ‘atthi panāvuso, maggo, atthi paṭipadā rāgavirāgāyā’ti, evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ añña­titthi­yā­naṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha: ‘atthi kho, āvuso, maggo, atthi paṭipadā rāgavirāgāyā’ti. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, maggo, katamā ca paṭipadā rāgavirāgāya? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṃ—sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo, ayaṃ paṭipadā rāgavirāgāyāti. Evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ añña­titthi­yā­naṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyāthā”ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.