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juttaṃ ajutta-jogaṃ -a pamāṇam iti bāhukeṇa arahatā ||*1||
isiṇā buitaṃ. ||*2||
appaṇiyā khalu bho appāṇaṃ samukkasiya -a bhavati baddha- ||*3||
cindhe -aravatī, appaṇiyā khalu bho ya appāṇaṃ samukkasiya ||*4||
samukkasiya -a bhavati baddha-cindhe seṭhī. evaṃ c' eva ||*5||
aṇuyoye jāṇaha khalu bho samaṇā māhaṇā: gāme adu vā ||*6||
raṇṇe adu vā gāme -o vi raṇṇe ||*7||
abhiṇissae imaṃ logaṃ, para-logaṃ paṇissae, ||*8||
duhao vi loke apatiṭhite. akāmae bāhue mate ti akāmae carae ||*9||
tavaṃ akāmae kāla-gae -arakaṃ patte, akāmae pavvaie, akāmate carate tavaṃ, ||*10||
akāmae kāla-gae, siddhiṃ patte akāmae. ||*11||
sakāmae pavvaie, sakāmae carate tavaṃ, sakāmae kāla-gate -arage ||*12||
patte, sakāmae carate tavaṃ, sakāmae kāla-gateÑsiddhiṃ patte sakāmae! ||*13||
evam se siddhe buddhe ... -o puṇar-avi icc-atthaṃ havvam āgacchati tti bemi. ||*14||
|| bāhukaṇṇām' ajjhayaṇaṃ. ||14||

"The appropriate and the inappropriate application is the authority," thus by the arhat Bāhuka,
the seer, it was said:
"Indeed, O [monks], elevating oneself by oneself, one does not become bound
with the insignia of an outcast; indeed, O [monks], elevating oneself by oneself,
elevating [oneself], one does not become a guild-master bound with insignia. Just so,
know the teaching, O ascetics and brāhmaṇas: in the village or
in the forest, or in the village or not in the forest,
one who relies on this world, relies on the other world,
is unestablished in both worlds. Unwilling, Bāhuka died; unwilling, he practiced
austerity; unwilling, deceased, he reached hell; unwilling, he renounced; unwilling, he practiced austerity;
unwilling, deceased, unwilling he reached perfection.
Willing, he renounced; willing, he practiced austerity; willing, deceased, he reached hell;
willing, he practiced austerity; willing, deceased—willing he reached perfection!"
Thus he is perfected, enlightened... does not come again to this state; so I say.
The chapter named Bāhuka. ||14