[586] Evaṃ bhoti kho uttaro māṇavo brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā brahmāyuṃ brāhmaṇaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā videhesu yena bhagavā tena cārikaṃ pakkāmi anupubbena cārikañcaramāno yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho uttaro māṇavo bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni sammannesi . addasā kho uttaro māṇavo bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu Kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na saṃpasīdati kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahutajivhatāya ca.

[587] Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi passati kho me ayaṃ uttaro māṇavo dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na saṃpasīdati kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahutajivhatāya cāti . atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṃ abhisaṅkhāresi yathā addasa uttaro māṇavo bhagavā kosohitaṃ vatthaguyhaṃ . atha kho bhagavā jivhaṃ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi kevalakappaṃ nalāṭamaṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi .

[588] Atha kho uttarassa māṇavassa etadahosi samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi yannūnāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ anubandheyyaṃ iriyāpathamassa passeyyanti . atha kho uttaro māṇavo satta māsāni bhagavantaṃ anubandhi chāyāva anupāyinī. Atha kho uttaro māṇavo sattannaṃ māsānaṃ accayena videhesu yena mithilā tena cārikaṃ pakkāmi anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno yena mithilā yena brahmāyu brāhmaṇo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā brahmāyuṃ brāhmaṇaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho uttaraṃ māṇavaṃ brahmāyu brāhmaṇo etadavoca kacci tāta uttara taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathā santaṃyeva saddo abbhuggato no aññathā kacci pana so bhavaṃ gotamo tādiso no aññādisoti.