Ettāvatā bhagavatā maggena kilese khepetvā nirodhasayanavaragatassa nibbānārammaṇaṃ phalasamāpattiṃ appetvā viharato khīṇāsavassa kālo dassito. Yathā hi dve nagarāni ekaṃ coranagaraṃ, ekaṃ khemanagaraṃ. Atha ekassa mahāyodhassa evaṃ bhaveyya – "yāvimaṃ coranagaraṃ tiṭṭhati, tāva khemanagaraṃ bhayato na muccati, coranagaraṃ anagaraṃ karissāmī"ti sannāhaṃ katvā khaggaṃ gahetvā coranagaraṃ upasaṅkamitvā nagaradvāre ussāpite esikatthambhe khaggena chinditvā sadvārabāhakaṃ kavāṭaṃ chinditvā palighaṃ ukkhipitvā pākāraṃ bhindanto parikkhaṃ saṃkiritvā nagarasobhanatthāya ussite dhaje pātetvā nagaraṃ agginā jhāpetvā khemanagaraṃ pavisitvā pāsādaṃ abhiruyha ñātigaṇaparivuto surasabhojanaṃ bhuñjeyya, evaṃ coranagaraṃ viya sakkāyo, khemanagaraṃ viya nibbānaṃ, mahāyodho viya yogāvacaro. Tassevaṃ hoti, "yāva sakkāyavaṭṭaṃ vattati, tāva dvattiṃsakammakāraṇaaṭṭhanavutirogapañcavīsatimahābhayehi parimuccanaṃ natthī"ti. So mahāyodho viya sannāhaṃ sīlasannāhaṃ katvā, paññākhaggaṃ gahetvā khaggena esikatthambhe viya arahattamaggena taṇhesikaṃ luñcitvā, so yodho sadvārabāhakaṃ nagarakavāṭaṃ viya pañcorambhāgiyasaṃyojanaggaḷaṃ ugghāṭetvā, so yodho palighaṃ viya, avijjāpalighaṃ ukkhipitvā, so yodho pākāraṃ bhindanto parikkhaṃ viya kammābhisaṅkhāraṃ bhindanto jātisaṃsāraparikkhaṃ saṃkiritvā, so yodho nagarasobhanatthāya ussāpite dhaje viya mānaddhaje pātetvā sakkāyanagaraṃ jhāpetvā, so yodho khemanagare uparipāsāde surasabhojanaṃ viya kilesanibbānaṃ nagaraṃ pavisitvā amatanirodhārammaṇaṃ phalasamāpattisukhaṃ anubhavamāno kālaṃ vītināmeti.