1–4"Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. The shameless come together and unite with the shameless, sn.ii.163 those unafraid of wrongdoing with those unafraid of wrongdoing, the unwise with the unwise. Those having a sense of shame come together and unite with those having a sense of shame, those afraid of wrongdoing with those afraid of wrongdoing, the wise with the wise. In the past it was so; in the future it will be so; and now too at present it is so." The next three parts of this sutta substitute the following in the second place, instead of "those unafraid of wrongdoing," and "those afraid of wrongdoing": ii the unlearned, the learned; iii the lazy, the energetic; iv the muddle-minded, the mindful.

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Dhātusova … pe … ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, anottappino anottappīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, ottappino ottappīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti … pe … .

2Ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, appassutā appassutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, bahussutā bahussutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti … pe … . (2)

3Ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, kusītā kusītehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, āraddhavīriyā āraddhavīriyehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti … pe … . (3)

4Ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, muṭṭhassatino muṭṭhassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, upaṭṭhitassatino upaṭṭhitassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī"ti … pe … . (4)

Navamaṁ.