[383] Evaṁ vutte vāseṭṭho māṇavo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca
sutaṁ metaṁ bho gotama samaṇo gotamo brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggaṁ
desetīti sādhu no bhavaṁ bho gotamo brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggaṁ
Desetu ullumpatu bhavaṁ bho gotamo brāhmaṇiṁ pajanti. Tenahi
vāseṭṭha suṇāhi sādhukaṁ manasikarohi bhāsissāmīti. Evaṁ bhoti kho
vāseṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato paccassosi. Bhagavā etadavoca idha
vāseṭṭha tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho .pe.
(yathā sāmaññaphalaṁ evaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ) .pe. Evaṁ kho vāseṭṭha
bhikkhu sīlasampanno hoti .pe. Tassime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne
attani samanupassato pāmujjaṁ jāyati pamuditassa pīti jāyati pītimanassa
kāyo passambhati passaddhakāyo sukhaṁ vedeti sukhino cittaṁ
samādhiyati. So mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati
tathā dutiyaṁ tathā tatiyaṁ tathā catutthaṁ iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi
sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena
mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.
Seyyathāpi vāseṭṭha balavā saṁkhadhamo appakasireneva catuddisā
viññāpeyya evameva kho vāseṭṭha evaṁ bhāvitāya mettāya
cetovimuttiyā yaṁ pamāṇakataṁ kammaṁ na taṁ tatrāvasissati na taṁ
tatrāvatiṭṭhati. Ayaṁpi kho vāseṭṭha brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggo.