Majjhimo cepi bhikkhu hoti …pe… thero cepi bhikkhu hoti dussīlo pāpadhammo, idamassa dubbaṇṇatāya. Seyyathāpi so potthako dubbaṇṇo, tathūpamo ayaṁ puggalo. Ye kho panassa sevanti bhajanti payirupāsanti diṭṭhānugatiṁ āpajjanti, tesaṁ taṁ hoti dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya. Idamassa dukkhasamphassatāya. Seyyathāpi so potthako dukkhasamphasso, tathūpamo ayaṁ puggalo. Yesaṁ kho pana so paṭiggaṇhāti cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṁ, tesaṁ taṁ na mahapphalaṁ hoti na mahānisaṁsaṁ. Idamassa appagghatāya. Seyyathāpi so potthako appaggho, tathūpamo ayaṁ puggalo. Evarūpo ce thero bhikkhu saṅghamajjhe bhaṇati. Tamenaṁ bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu— “kiṁ nu kho tuyhaṁ bālassa abyattassa bhaṇitena, tvampi nāma bhaṇitabbaṁ maññasī”ti. So kupito anattamano tathārūpiṁ vācaṁ nicchāreti yathārūpāya vācāya saṅgho taṁ ukkhipati, saṅkārakūṭeva naṁ potthakaṁ. Ime tayo potthakūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā bhikkhūsu. Tattha katame tayo kāsikavatthūpamā puggalā? Tīṇi kāsikavatthāni— navampi kāsikavatthaṁ vaṇṇavantañceva hoti sukhasamphassañca mahagghañca, majjhimampi kāsikavatthaṁ vaṇṇavantañceva hoti sukhasamphassañca mahagghañca, jiṇṇampi kāsikavatthaṁ vaṇṇavantañceva hoti sukhasamphassañca mahagghañca. Jiṇṇampi kāsikavatthaṁ ratanapaliveṭhanaṁ vā karonti gandhakaraṇḍake vā naṁ nikkhipanti.