mil6.3.9:2.1 “Na mayaṁ taṁ, bhante nāgasena, vacanaṁ saddahāma ‘ekantasukhaṁ nibbānan’ti, evamettha mayaṁ, bhante nāgasena, paccema ‘nibbānaṁ dukkhena missan’ti, kāraṇañcettha upalabhāma ‘nibbānaṁ dukkhena missan’ti.
mil6.3.9:2.2 Katamaṁ ettha kāraṇaṁ?
mil6.3.9:2.3 Ye te, bhante nāgasena, nibbānaṁ pariyesanti, tesaṁ dissati kāyassa ca cittassa ca ātāpo paritāpo ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhārapariggaho middhassa ca uparodho āyatanānañca paṭipīḷanaṁ dhanadhaññapiyañātimittappajahanaṁ.
mil6.3.9:2.4 Ye keci loke sukhitā sukhasamappitā, te sabbepi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi āyatane ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikabahuvidhasubhanimittena rūpena cakkhuṁ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikagītavāditabahuvidhasubhanimittena saddena sotaṁ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikapupphaphalapattatacamūlasārabahuvidhasubhanimittena gandhena ghānaṁ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikakhajjabhojjaleyyapeyyasāyanīyabahuvidhasubhanimittena rasena jivhaṁ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikasaṇhasukhumamudumaddavabahuvidhasubhanimittena phassena kāyaṁ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikakalyāṇapāpakasubhāsubhabahuvidhavitakkamanasikārena manaṁ ramenti brūhenti.
mil6.3.9:2.5 Tumhe taṁ cakkhusotaghānajivhākāyamanobrūhanaṁ hanatha upahanatha, chindatha upacchindatha, rundhatha uparundhatha.
mil6.3.9:2.6 Tena kāyopi paritapati, cittampi paritapati, kāye paritatte kāyikadukkhavedanaṁ vediyati, citte paritatte cetasikadukkhavedanaṁ vedayati.
mil6.3.9:2.7 Nanu māgaṇḍiyopi paribbājako bhagavantaṁ garahamāno evamāha ‘bhūnahu samaṇo gotamo’ti.
mil6.3.9:2.8 Idamettha kāraṇaṁ, yenāhaṁ kāraṇena brūmi ‘nibbānaṁ dukkhena missan’”ti.