[Translated originally from the Sanskrit Sarvāstivāda Madhyamāgama to Classical Chinese by a team led by Sarvāstivāda scholar Gautama Saṃghadeva of Kāśmīra in 398CE.
Translated from the Chinese Taisho Tripiṭaka back to Sanskrit by Ramakrishnan Suryanarayanan in 2024-26.]
madhyamāgame'bhyāsasaṃyuktavarge pañcame śīlasūtraṃ ṣaṣṭham.
evaṃ mayā śrutam. ekasminsamaye bhagavāñchrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme.
tasminsamaye bhagavānbhikṣūnāmantrayata—yadi bhikṣuḥ śīlavipanno bhavati, so'vipratisāraṃ prāmodyaṃ prītiṃ praśrabdhiṃ sukhaṃ samādhiṃ yathābhūtajñānadarśanaṃ nirvedaṃ virāgaṃ vimuktiṃ copahanti. asatyāṃ vimuktau sa nirvāṇamupahanti.
yadi bhikṣuḥ sampannaśīlo bhavati, so'vipratisāraṃ prāmodyaṃ prītiṃ praśrabdhiṃ sukhaṃ samādhiṃ yathābhūtajñānadarśanaṃ nirvedaṃ virāgaṃ vimuktiṃ ca bhāvayati. satyāṃ vimuktau sa nirvāṇaṃ bhāvayati.
idamavocadbhagavān. āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandiṣuḥ.
śīlasūtraṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ samāptam.