[267] Atha kho āyasmā vacchagotto bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi . atha kho āyasmā vacchagotto eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi . aññataro kho panāyasmā vacchagotto arahataṃ ahosi.

[268] Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ dassanāya gacchanti . addasā kho āyasmā vacchagotto te bhikkhū dūratova gacchante disvāna yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā te bhikkhū etadavoca handa kahaṃ pana tumhe āyasmanto gacchathāti . bhagavantaṃ kho mayaṃ āvuso dassanāya Gacchāmāti . tenahāyasmanto mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatha vacchagotto bhante bhikkhu bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati evañca vadeti pariciṇṇo me bhagavā pariciṇṇo me sugatoti . Evamāvusoti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato vacchagottassa paccassosuṃ . Atha kho te bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ āyasmā bhante vacchagotto bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati evañca vadeti pariciṇṇo me bhagavā pariciṇṇo me sugatoti. Pubbeva me bhikkhave vacchagotto bhikkhu cetasā ceto paricca vidito tevijjo vacchagotto bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvoti . devatāpi me etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ tevijjo bhante vacchagotto bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvoti. Idamavoca bhagavā attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti. Mahāvacchagottasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ tatiyaṃ. ------------