๓. อัสสลายนสูตร
[613] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena nānāverajjakānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pañcamattāni brāhmaṇasatāni sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasanti kenacideva karaṇīyena . atha kho tesaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ etadahosi ayaṃ kho samaṇo gotamo cātuvaṇṇiṃ suddhiṃ paññāpeti ko nu kho pahoti samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetunti. Tena kho pana samayena assalāyano nāma māṇavo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati daharo vuttasiro soḷasavassuddesiko jātiyā tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo . atha kho tesaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ etadahosi ayaṃ kho assalāyano māṇavo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati daharo .pe. anavayo so kho pahoti samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetunti.
[614] Atha kho te brāhmaṇā yena assalāyano māṇavo tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā assalāyanaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavocuṃ ayaṃ bho assalāyana samaṇo gotamo cātuvaṇṇiṃ suddhiṃ paññāpeti etu bhavaṃ assalāyana samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetūti . evaṃ vutte assalāyano māṇavo te brāhmaṇe Etadavoca samaṇo khalu bho gotamo dhammavādī dhammavādino ca pana duppaṭimantiyā bhavanti nāhaṃ sakkomi samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetunti . dutiyampi kho te brāhmaṇā assalāyanaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavocuṃ ayaṃ bho assalāyana samaṇo gotamo cātuvaṇṇiṃ suddhiṃ paññāpeti etu bhavaṃ assalāyana samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetūti [1]- . dutiyampi kho assalāyano māṇavo te brāhmaṇe etadavoca samaṇo khalu bho gotamo dhammavādī dhammavādino ca pana duppaṭimantiyā bhavanti nāhaṃ sakkomi samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetunti . tatiyampi kho te brāhmaṇā assalāyanaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavocuṃ ayaṃ bho assalāyana samaṇo gotamo cātuvaṇṇiṃ suddhiṃ paññāpeti etu bhavaṃ assalāyana samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetu caritaṃ kho pana bhotā assalāyanena paribbājakaṃ mā bhavaṃ assalāyano ayuddhaparājitaṃ parājayīti. {614.1} Evaṃ vutte assalāyano māṇavo te brāhmaṇe etadavoca addhā kho ahaṃ bhante na labhāmi samaṇo khalu bho gotamo dhammavādī dhammavādino ca pana duppaṭimantiyā bhavanti nāhaṃ sakkomi samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetuṃ apicāhaṃ bhavataṃ vacanena gamissāmīti.