Mahanidanasutta 11.1

11.1

‘Macchariyaṃ paṭicca ārakkho’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā macchariyaṃ paṭicca ārakkho.

‘Stinginess gives rise to safeguarding’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so.