1. 聞如是：一時，佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。
Thus have I heard:
One time, the Budha was staying at Anaathapindidas Ashrama in Jetavana of Shraavastii.
2.爾時，尊者槃特告弟朱利槃特曰：「若不能持戒者，還作白衣。」是時，朱利槃特聞此語已，便詣祇洹精舍門外立而墮淚。
At that time, the Venerable Pandita said to his younger brother, Cuula-Pandita, ‘If you cannot uphold the Shila, you should return to lay life.’ Hearing this, Cuula-Pandita went to the gate of Anaathapindidas Ashrama in Jetavana and stood there, shedding tears.
3. 爾時，世尊以天眼清淨，觀是朱利槃特比丘在門外立，而悲泣不能自勝。時，世尊從靜室起，如似經行至祇洹精舍門外，告朱利槃特曰：「比丘！何故在此悲泣？」
At that time, Budha, with his divine eye, saw Cuula-Pandita standing outside the gate, weeping uncontrollably. Budha rose from his meditation and walked to the gate of the Jetavana monastery. He asked Cuula-Pandita, ‘Bhikshu, why are you weeping here?’
4. 朱利槃特報曰：「世尊！兄見驅逐：『若不能持戒者，還作白衣，不須住此。』是故悲泣耳。」
Cuula-Pandita replied, ‘Budha, my elder brother has driven me away, saying, “If you cannot uphold the Shila, return to lay life and do not stay here.” That is why I am weeping.’
5. 世尊告曰：「比丘！勿懷畏怖，我成無上等正覺，不由卿兄槃特得道。」
Budha said, ‘Bhikshu, do not be afraid. I attained Anutara Samyak Sambodhi not because of your elder brother Paṇḍita.’
6. 爾時，世尊手執朱利槃特詣靜室教使就坐，世尊復教使執掃㨹：「汝誦此字，為字何等？」
Then Budha took Cuula-Pandita by the hand and led him to a quiet room. He instructed him to sit down and handed him a broom, saying, ‘Recite this word. What is this word?’
7. 是時，朱利槃特誦得掃，復忘㨹；若誦得㨹，復忘掃。
At that time, Cuula-Pandita recited ‘sweep’ but forgot ‘broom.’ If he recited ‘broom,’ he forgot ‘sweep.’
8. 爾時，尊者朱利槃特誦此掃㨹乃經數日。然此掃㨹復名除垢，朱利槃特復作是念：「何者是除？何者是垢？垢者灰土瓦石，除者清淨也。」復作是念：「世尊何故以此教悔我？我今當思惟此義。」以思惟此義，復作是念：「今我身上亦有塵垢，我自作喻，何者是除？何者是垢？」彼復作是念：「縛結是垢，智慧是除，我今可以智慧之㨹掃此結縛。」
For several days, Cuula-Pandita recited ‘sweep’ and ‘broom.’ Then he realized that ‘sweep’ and ‘broom’ also meant ‘remove’ and ‘defilements.’ He thought, ‘What is ‘removing’? What are defilements? Defilements are like dust, dirt, and debris, and removing means purification.’
He then further reflected, ‘Why did Bhagavaan teach me this? I should contemplate its meaning deeply.’ As he contemplated, he realised, ‘”Now in myself too there are defilements. I shall make this analogy: What is removing? What are defilements?’ He then understood, ‘”Mental fetters are the defilements, wisdom is the remover; now I can use the broom of wisdom to sweep away these fetters.’
9. 爾時，尊者朱利槃特思惟五盛陰成者、敗者：所謂此色、色習、色滅，是謂痛、想、行、識，成者、敗者。爾時，思惟此五盛陰已，欲漏心得解脫，有漏心、無明漏心得解脫。已得解脫，便得解脫智：生死已盡，梵行已立，所作已辦，更不復受胎有，如實知之。尊者朱利槃特便成阿羅漢。已成阿羅漢，即從坐起，詣世尊所，頭面禮足，在一面坐。白世尊曰：「今已有智，今已有慧，今已解掃㨹。」
Then Cuula-Pandita contemplated the five aggregates—their arising and passing away: form, the origin of form, the cessation of form; feeling, thinking, action, and consciousness—their arising and passing away.
Having contemplated the five aggregates, his mind was liberated from the defilements of sensual desire, existence, and ignorance. He attained the knowledge of liberation: ‘Birth is exhausted, the noble life has been lived, what was to be done has been done, and there is no further becoming,’ knowing this as it truly is. Cuula-Pandita became an Arhat. Having become an Arhat, he rose from his seat, approached Budha, bowed at his feet, and sat to one side. He said to Budha, ‘Now I have wisdom.
Now I have understanding. Now I have comprehended the meaning of “sweep” and “broom.”‘
10. 世尊告曰：「比丘！云何解之？」
Budha asked, ‘Bhikshu, how do you understand it?’
11. 朱利槃特報曰：「除者謂之慧，垢者謂之結。」
Cuula-Pandita replied, ‘Removing refers to wisdom, and defilements refer to the fetters.’
12. 世尊告曰：「善哉！比丘！如汝所言，除者是慧，垢者是結。」
Budha said, ‘Excellent, bhikshu! As you have said, removing is wisdom, and defilements are fetters.’
13. 爾時，尊者朱利槃特向世尊而說此偈：
Then Cuula-Pandita recited this verse to Budha:
「今誦此已足， 如尊之所說；
智慧能除結， 不由其餘行。」
‘Now I have recited this enough,
as the Budha has taught;
Wisdom alone removes fetters,
not by any other practice.’
14. 世尊告曰：「比丘！如汝所言，以智慧，非由其餘。」
Budha said, ‘Bhikshu, as you have said, it is through wisdom, not by any other means.’
15. 爾時，尊者聞世尊所說，歡喜奉行。
At that time, Cuula-Pandita, having heard Budha’s words, he followed it with Joy.