[590] Evaṃ vutte brahmāyu brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi {590.1} namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ... {590.2} Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassāti appevanāma mayaṃ kadāci karahaci tena bhotā gotamena saddhiṃ samāgaccheyyāma appevanāma siyā kocideva kathāsallāpoti.

[591] Atha kho bhagavā videhesu anupubbena cārikañcaramāno yena mithilā tadavasari. Tatra sudaṃ bhagavā mithilāyaṃ viharati maghadevambavane . Assosuṃ kho mithileyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito videhesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi mithilaṃ anuppatto mithilāyaṃ viharati maghadevambavane taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavā so imaṃ lokaṃ savedakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sadevamanussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā Pavedeti so dhammaṃ deseti ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti. {591.1} Atha kho mithileyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā appekacce bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce yena bhagavā tenañjalimpaṇāmetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce bhagavato santike nāmagottaṃ sāvetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu appekacce tuṇhībhūtā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu.

[592] Assosi kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito [1]- mithilāyaṃ viharati maghadevambavaneti . atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo sambahulehi māṇavakehi saddhiṃ yena maghadevambavanaṃ tenupasaṅkami . atha kho brahmāyuno brāhmaṇassa avidūre ambavanassa etadahosi na kho metaṃ paṭirūpaṃ yohaṃ pubbe appaṭisaṃvidito samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyanti . atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo aññataraṃ māṇavakaṃ āmantesi ehi tvaṃ māṇavaka yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ puccha brahmāyu Bho gotama brāhmaṇo bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchatīti evañca vadehi brahmāyu bho gotama brāhmaṇo jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto vīsavassasatiko jātiyā tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo yāvatā bho brāhmaṇagahapatikā mithilāyaṃ paṭivasanti brahmāyu tesaṃ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati yadidaṃ bhogehi brahmāyu tesaṃ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati yadidaṃ mantehi brahmāyu tesaṃ brāhmaṇo aggamakkhāyati yadidaṃ āyunā ceva yasasā ca so bhoto gotamassa dassanakāmoti.