Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena aññataro sattho rājagahā paṭiyālokaṁ gantukāmo hoti. Aññataro bhikkhu te manusse etadavoca— “ahampāyasmantehi saddhiṁ gamissāmī”ti. “Mayaṁ kho, bhante, suṅkaṁ pariharissāmā”ti. “Pajānāthāvuso”ti. Assosuṁ kho kammiyā— “sattho kira suṅkaṁ pariharissatī”ti. Te magge pariyuṭṭhiṁsu. Atha kho te kammiyā taṁ satthaṁ gahetvā acchinditvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ— “kissa tvaṁ, bhante, jānaṁ theyyasatthena saddhiṁ gacchasī”ti? Palibundhetvā muñciṁsu. Atha kho so bhikkhu sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhu jānaṁ theyyasatthena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissatī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, bhikkhu, jānaṁ theyyasatthena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjasī”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, jānaṁ theyyasatthena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissasi. Netaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—