[1691] Sakavādin: Is there accumulation of merit (puññūpacaya) for the Arahant?
Paravādin: Yes.
Sakavādin: Does the Arahant accumulate (ācināti)?
Paravādin: It should not be said so. …
Sakavādin: Does the Arahant dismantle (apacināti)?
Paravādin: It should not be said so. …
Sakavādin: Does the Arahant abandon (pajahati)? … Does the Arahant cling (upādiyati)? … Does the Arahant scatter (visineti)? … Does the Arahant amass (ussineti)? … Does the Arahant extinguish (vidhūpeti)? … Does the Arahant kindle (sandhūpeti)?
Paravādin: It should not be said so. …
Sakavādin: Is it not the case that the Arahant neither accumulates nor dismantles, but stands having dismantled?
Paravādin: Yes.
Sakavādin: If the Arahant neither accumulates nor dismantles, but stands having dismantled, then indeed, good sir, it should not be said that "there is accumulation of merit for the Arahant."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.