1.1Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi:Then, when the night had passed, the Buddha addressed the mendicants:1.2“imaṁ, bhikkhave, rattiṁ rohitasso devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, rohitasso devaputto maṁ etadavoca:“Tonight, the glorious godling Rohitassa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, came to me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me:1.3‘yattha nu kho, bhante, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, sakkā nu kho so, bhante, gamanena lokassa anto ñātuṁ vā daṭṭhuṁ vā pāpuṇituṁ vā’ti?‘Sir, is it possible to know or see or reach the end of the world by traveling to a place where there’s no being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn?’ …”

1.4Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, rohitassaṁ devaputtaṁ etadavocaṁ:1.5‘yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmī’ti.1.6Evaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, rohitasso devaputto maṁ etadavoca:1.7‘acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.1.8Yāva subhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā—1.9yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmi’.

2.1PTS 2.50Bhūtapubbāhaṁ, bhante, rohitasso nāma isi ahosiṁ bhojaputto iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo.2.2Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evarūpo javo ahosi, seyyathāpi nāma daḷhadhammā dhanuggaho sikkhito katahattho katūpāsano lahukena asanena appakasirena tiriyaṁ tālacchāyaṁ atipāteyya.2.3Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evarūpo padavītihāro ahosi, seyyathāpi nāma puratthimā samuddā pacchimo samuddo.2.4Tassa mayhaṁ, bhante, evarūpena javena samannāgatassa evarūpena ca padavītihārena evarūpaṁ icchāgataṁ uppajji:2.5‘ahaṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ pāpuṇissāmī’ti.2.6So kho ahaṁ, bhante, aññatreva asitapītakhāyitasāyitā aññatra uccārapassāvakammā aññatra niddākilamathapaṭivinodanā vassasatāyuko vassasatajīvī vassasataṁ gantvā appatvāva lokassa antaṁ antarāyeva kālaṅkato.

3.1Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.3.2Yāva subhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā:3.3‘yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmī’ti.3.4Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, rohitassaṁ devaputtaṁ etadavocaṁ:

4.1‘Yattha kho, āvuso, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, nāhaṁ, taṁ gamanena lokassa antaṁ ñāteyyaṁ daṭṭheyyaṁ patteyyanti vadāmī’ti.4.2Na cāhaṁ, āvuso, appatvāva lokassa antaṁ dukkhassantakiriyaṁ vadāmi.4.3Api cāhaṁ, āvuso, imasmiṁyeva byāmamatte kaḷevare sasaññimhi samanake lokañca paññāpemi lokasamudayañca lokanirodhañca lokanirodhagāminiñca paṭipadanti.

5.1Gamanena na pattabbo,5.2lokassanto kudācanaṁ;5.3Na ca appatvā lokantaṁ,5.4dukkhā atthi pamocanaṁ.

6.1Tasmā have lokavidū sumedho,6.2Lokantagū vusitabrahmacariyo;6.3Lokassa antaṁ samitāvi ñatvā,6.4Nāsīsatī lokamimaṁ parañcā”ti.

6.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.