[6] Ekamidāhaṃ bhaggava samayaṃ tattheva vesāliyaṃ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ . tena kho pana samayena acelo pāṭikaputto vesāliyaṃ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme. So vesāliyaṃ parisati evaṃ vācaṃ bhāsati samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo ahaṃpi ñāṇavādo ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ dassetuṃ samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṃ āgaccheyya ahaṃpi upaḍḍhapathaṃ gaccheyya te tattha ubhopi uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ kareyyāma ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissati dvāhaṃ karissāmi dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni Karissati cattārāhaṃ karissāmi cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati aṭṭhāhaṃ karissāmi . iti yāvatakaṃ yāvatakaṃ samaṇo gotamo uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissati taddiguṇaṃ taddiguṇāhaṃ karissāmīti. {6.1} Iti kho bhaggava sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho bhaggava sunakkhatto licchaviputto maṃ etadavoca acelo bhante pāṭikaputto vesāliyaṃ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme so vesāliyaṃ parisati evaṃ vācaṃ bhāsati samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo ahaṃpi ñāṇavādo ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ dassetuṃ samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṃ āgaccheyya ahaṃpi upaḍḍhapathaṃ gaccheyyaṃ te tattha ubhopi uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ kareyyāma ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttarimanussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissati dvāhaṃ karissāmi. Saṅkhittaṃ. Taddiguṇaṃ taddiguṇāhaṃ karissāmīti. {6.2} Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhaggava sunakkhattaṃ licchaviputtaṃ etadavocaṃ abhabbo kho sunakkhatta acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṃ āgantuṃ sacepissa evamassa ahaṃ taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṃ gaccheyyanti Muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. {6.3} Rakkhatetaṃ bhante bhagavā vācaṃ rakkhatetaṃ sugato vācanti. Kiṃ pana maṃ tvaṃ sunakkhatta evaṃ vadesi rakkhatetaṃ bhante bhagavā vācaṃ rakkhatetaṃ sugato vācanti . bhagavatāpassa bhante esā vā ekaṃsena odhāritā abhabbo acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṃ āgantuṃ sacepissa evamassa ahaṃ taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṃ gaccheyyanti muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti acelo ca bhante pāṭikaputto virūparūpena bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṃ āgaccheyya tadassa bhagavato musāti. {6.4} Api nu sunakkhatta tathāgato taṃ vācaṃ bhāseyya yā sā vācā dvayagāminīti . kiṃ pana bhante bhagavatā acelo pāṭikaputto cetasā ceto paricca vidito abhabbo acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṃ āgantuṃ sacepissa evamassa ahantaṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṃ gaccheyyanti muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti udāhu devatā bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ abhabbo bhante acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya .pe. muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Cetasā ceto paricca vidito ceva me Sunakkhatta acelo pāṭikaputto abhabbo acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya .pe. muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti devatāpi mama etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ abhabbo bhante acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya .pe. muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. {6.5} Ajitopi nāma licchavīnaṃ senāpati adhunā kālakato tāvatiṃsakāyaṃ upapanno sopi maṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamārocesi alajjī bhante acelo pāṭikaputto musāvādī bhante acelo pāṭikaputto maṃpi bhante acelo pāṭikaputto byākāsi vajjigāme ajito licchavīnaṃ senāpati mahānirayaṃ upapannoti na kho panāhaṃ bhante mahānirayaṃ upapanno tāvatiṃsakāyaṃ upapanno alajjī bhante acelo pāṭikaputto mūsāvādī bhante acelo pāṭikaputto abhabbo ca bhante acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya .pe. muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. {6.6} Iti kho sunakkhatta cetasā ceto paricca vidito ceva me acelo pāṭikaputto abhabbo acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṃ āgantuṃ sacepissa evamassa ahantaṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṃ gaccheyyanti muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti devatāpi me etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ abhabbo Bhante acelo pāṭikaputto taṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṃ āgantuṃ sacepissa evamassa ahantaṃ vācaṃ appahāya taṃ cittaṃ appahāya taṃ diṭṭhiṃ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṃ gaccheyyanti muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti . eso kho panāhaṃ sunakkhatta vesāliyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena acelassa pāṭikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkamiṃ divā vihārāya yassadāni tvaṃ sunakkhatta icchasi tassa ārocehīti.