[626] "Certainly, headman, in answering thus you speak in accordance with what has been said by me, and you do not misrepresent me with what is untrue; you explain in accordance with the Dhamma (dhammassa cānudhammaṃ byākarosi), and no legitimate consequence of your assertion comes to a ground deserving of censure. For, headman, gold and silver (jātarūparajata) are not allowable for the ascetics who are sons of the Sakyans; the ascetics, sons of the Sakyans, do not consent to gold and silver; the ascetics, sons of the Sakyans, do not accept gold and silver; the ascetics, sons of the Sakyans, have laid aside gems and gold; the ascetics, sons of the Sakyans, have turned away from gold and silver. Headman, for whomever gold and silver are allowable, the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇā) are also allowable for him; for whomever the five cords of sensual pleasure are allowable, gold and silver are also allowable for him. You may hold this categorically, headman: 'This is not the dhamma of an ascetic; this is not the dhamma of a son of the Sakyans.'
"Moreover, headman, I say this: grass may be sought by one in need of grass; wood may be sought by one in need of wood; a cart may be sought by one in need of a cart; a man may be sought by one in need of a man. But I do not say, headman, that by any means whatsoever gold and silver may be consented to or sought."
The tenth [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.