Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho, yenatthaṃ sāhasā naye;
Yo ca atthaṃ anatthañca, ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.
Asāhasena dhammena, samena nayatī pare;
Dhammassa gutto medhāvī, ‘‘dhammaṭṭho’’ti pavuccati.
Na tena paṇḍito hoti, yāvatā bahu bhāsati;
Khemī averī abhayo, ‘‘paṇḍito’’ti pavuccati.
Na tāvatā dhammadharo, yāvatā bahu bhāsati;
Yo ca appampi sutvāna, dhammaṃ kāyena passati;
Sa ve dhammadharo hoti, yo dhammaṃ nappamajjati.
Na tena thero so hoti , yenassa palitaṃ siro;
Paripakko vayo tassa, ‘‘moghajiṇṇo’’ti vuccati.
Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca, ahiṃsā saṃyamo damo;
Sa ve vantamalo dhīro, ‘‘thero’’ iti pavuccati.
Na vākkaraṇamattena, vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā;
Sādhurūpo naro hoti, issukī maccharī saṭho.
Yassa cetaṃ samucchinnaṃ, mūlaghaccaṃ samūhataṃ;
Sa vantadoso medhāvī, ‘‘sādhurūpo’’ti vuccati.
Na muṇḍakena samaṇo, abbato alikaṃ bhaṇaṃ;
Icchālobhasamāpanno, samaṇo kiṃ bhavissati.
Yo ca sameti pāpāni, aṇuṃ thūlāni sabbaso;
Samitattā hi pāpānaṃ, ‘‘samaṇo’’ti pavuccati.
Na tena bhikkhu so hoti, yāvatā bhikkhate pare;
Vissaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya, bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.
Yodha puññañca pāpañca, bāhetvā brahmacariyavā ;
Saṅkhāya loke carati, sa ve ‘‘bhikkhū’’ti vuccati.
Na monena munī hoti, mūḷharūpo aviddasu;
Yo ca tulaṃva paggayha, varamādāya paṇḍito.
Pāpāni parivajjeti, sa munī tena so muni;
Yo munāti ubho loke, ‘‘muni’’ tena pavuccati.
Na tena ariyo hoti, yena pāṇāni hiṃsati;
Ahiṃsā sabbapāṇānaṃ, ‘‘ariyo’’ti pavuccati.
Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana;
Atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā.
Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṃ, aputhujjanasevitaṃ;
Bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi, appatto āsavakkhayaṃ.