2. Nimokkhasuttaṃ

2. Sāvatthinidānaṃ . Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca –

‘‘Jānāsi no tvaṃ, mārisa, sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti?

‘‘Jānāmi khvāhaṃ, āvuso, sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti.

‘‘Yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, mārisa, jānāsi sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti?

‘‘Nandībhavaparikkhayā ², saññāviññāṇasaṅkhayā, vedanānaṃ nirodhā upasamā – evaṃ khvāhaṃ, āvuso, jānāmi sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti.