[608] Therein, Ānanda, when an ascetic or brahmin says thus: "It seems, sir, that there are evil deeds; there is a result of misconduct" — this of his I grant. And when he says thus: "I saw such an individual here — one who killed living beings, who took what was not given … who held wrong view — and at the breaking up of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell" — this too of his I grant. But when he says thus: "It seems, sir, that everyone who kills living beings, who takes what is not given … who holds wrong view, at the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell" — this of his I do not grant. And when he says thus: "Those who know thus know rightly; those who know otherwise — their knowledge (ñāṇa) is wrong" — this too of his I do not grant. And when, obstinately adhering with tenacity and misapprehension to just that which he has himself known, himself seen, himself understood, he asserts: "This alone is true; anything else is vain" — this too of his I do not grant. For what reason? Because, Ānanda, the Tathāgata's knowledge of the great analysis of deeds (mahākammavibhaṅga) is otherwise.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.