Paṭhamavagga
“Sīlamevidha sikkhetha,
asmiṁ loke susikkhitaṁ;
Sīlañhi sabbasampattiṁ,
upanāmeti sevitaṁ.
Sīlaṁ rakkheyya medhāvī,
patthayāno tayo sukhe;
Pasaṁsaṁ vittilābhañca,
pecca sagge pamodanaṁ.
Sīlavā hi bahū mitte,
saññamenādhigacchati;
Dussīlo pana mittehi,
dhaṁsate pāpamācaraṁ.
Avaṇṇañca akittiñca,
dussīlo labhate naro;
Vaṇṇaṁ kittiṁ pasaṁsañca,
sadā labhati sīlavā.
Ādi sīlaṁ patiṭṭhā ca,
kalyāṇānañca mātukaṁ;
Pamukhaṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,
tasmā sīlaṁ visodhaye.
Velā ca saṁvaraṁ sīlaṁ,
cittassa abhihāsanaṁ;
Titthañca sabbabuddhānaṁ,
tasmā sīlaṁ visodhaye.
Sīlaṁ balaṁ appaṭimaṁ,
sīlaṁ āvudhamuttamaṁ;
Sīlamābharaṇaṁ seṭṭhaṁ,
sīlaṁ kavacamabbhutaṁ.
Sīlaṁ setu mahesakkho,
sīlaṁ gandho anuttaro;
Sīlaṁ vilepanaṁ seṭṭhaṁ,
yena vāti disodisaṁ.
Sīlaṁ sambalamevaggaṁ,
sīlaṁ pātheyyamuttamaṁ;
Sīlaṁ seṭṭho ativāho,
yena yāti disodisaṁ.
Idheva nindaṁ labhati,
peccāpāye ca dummano;
Sabbattha dummano bālo,
sīlesu asamāhito.
Idheva kittiṁ labhati,
pecca sagge ca summano;
Sabbattha sumano dhīro,
sīlesu susamāhito.
Sīlameva idha aggaṁ,
paññavā pana uttamo;
Manussesu ca devesu,
sīlapaññāṇato jayan”ti.
… Sīlavo thero ….