[394] Tena kho pana samayena pañcamattāni licchavisatāni santhāgāre sannipatitāni honti kenacideva karaṇīyena . atha kho saccako niganthaputto yena te licchavī tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā te licchavī etadavoca abhikkamantu bhonto licchavī abhikkamantu bhonto licchavī ajja me samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo bhavissati sace me samaṇo gotamo tathā patiṭṭhahissati yathā ca me ñātaññatarena sāvakena assajinā nāma bhikkhunā patiṭṭhitaṃ Seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso dīghalomikaṃ eḷakaṃ lomesu gahetvā ākaḍḍheyya parikaḍḍheyya evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ ākaḍḍhissāmi parikaḍḍhissāmi samparikaḍḍhissāmi seyyathāpi nāma balavā soṇḍikākammakāro mahantaṃ soṇḍikākilañjaṃ gambhīre udakarahade pakkhipitvā kaṇṇe gahetvā ākaḍḍheyya parikaḍḍheyya samparikaḍḍheyya evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ ākaḍḍhissāmi parikaḍḍhissāmi samparikaḍḍhissāmi seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso soṇḍikādhutto thālaṃ kaṇṇe gahetvā odhuneyya niddhuneyya nippoṭheyya evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ odhunissāmi niddhunissāmi nippoṭhissāmi seyyathāpi nāma kuñjaro saṭṭhihāyano gambhīraṃ pokkharaṇiṃ ogāhetvā sāṇadhovikaṃ nāma kīḷitajātaṃ kīḷati evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ sāṇadhovikaṃ maññe kīḷitajātaṃ kīḷissāmi abhikkamantu bhonto licchavī abhikkamantu bhonto licchavī ajja me samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo bhavissatīti. {394.1} Tatthekacce licchavī evamāhaṃsu kiṃ samaṇo gotamo saccakassa niganthaputtassa vādaṃ āropessati atha kho saccako niganthaputto samaṇassa gotamassa vādaṃ āropessatīti . Ekacce licchavī evamāhaṃsu kiṃ so bhavamāno saccako niganthaputto yo bhagavato vādaṃ āropessati atha kho bhagavā saccakassa niganthaputtassa vādaṃ āropessatīti . atha kho Saccako niganthaputto pañcamattehi licchavisatehi parivuto yena mahāvanaṃ kūṭāgārasālā tenupasaṅkami.