1.1“Saddho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṁ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:∥“Mendicants, a faithful monk would rightly aspire:1.2‘tādiso homi yādisā sāriputtamoggallānā’ti.‘May I be like Sāriputta and Moggallāna!’1.3Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvakānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ, yadidaṁ sāriputtamoggallānā.These are a standard and a measure for my monk disciples, that is, Sāriputta and Moggallāna.

2.1Saddhā, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:A faithful nun would rightly aspire:2.2‘tādisā homi yādisā khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā cā’ti.‘May I be like the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā!’2.3Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ, yadidaṁ khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā ca.These are a standard and a measure for my nun disciples, that is, the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā.

3.1Saddho, bhikkhave, upāsako evaṁ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:A faithful layman would rightly aspire:3.2‘tādiso homi yādiso citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako’ti.‘May I be like the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī!’3.3Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvakānaṁ upāsakānaṁ, yadidaṁ citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako.These are a standard and a measure for my male lay disciples, that is, the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī.

4.1Saddhā, bhikkhave, upāsikā evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:∥A faithful laywoman would rightly aspire:4.2‘tādisā homi yādisā khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā’ti.‘May I be like the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother!’4.3Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ, yadidaṁ khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā”ti.These are a standard and a measure for my female lay disciples, that is, the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother.”

4.4Chaṭṭhaṁ.