Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho Jayaseno rājakumāro āyasmantaṃ Bhūmijaṃ etad avoca:-- Santi, bho Bhūmija, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino: Āsañ ce pi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ carati, abhabbo phalassa adhigamāya; anāsañ ce pi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ carati, abhabbo phalassa adhigamāya; āsañ ca anāsañ ce pi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ carati, abhabbo phalassa adhigamāya; n’ ev’ āsaṃ nānāsañ ce pi karitvā brahmacariyaṃ carati, abhabbo phalassa adhigamāyāti.