[66] Evaṃ vutte upāli gahapati niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ etadavoca sādhu sādhu bhante dīghatapassī yathā taṃ sutavatā sāvakena sammadeva satthu sāsanaṃ ājānantena evameva bhadantena dīghatapassinā samaṇassa gotamassa byākataṃ kiñhi sobhati chavo manodaṇḍo imassa evaṃ oḷārikassa kāyadaṇḍassa upanidhāya atha kho kāyadaṇḍova mahāsāvajjataro pāpassa kammassa kiriyāya pāpassa kammassa pavattiyā no tathā vacīdaṇḍo no tathā manodaṇḍo handa cāhaṃ bhante gacchāmi samaṇassa gotamassa imasmiṃ kathāvatthusmiṃ vādaṃ āropessāmi sace me samaṇo gotamo tathā patiṭṭhahissati yathā bhadantena tapassinā patiṭṭhāpitaṃ {66.1} seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso dīghalomikaṃ eḷakaṃ lomesu gahetvā ākaḍḍheyya parikaḍḍheyya samparikaḍḍheyya evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ ākaḍḍhissāmi parikaḍḍhissāmi samparikaḍḍhissāmi seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso soṇḍikākammakāro mahantaṃ soṇḍikākilañjaṃ gambhīre udakarahade pakkhipitvā kaṇṇe gahetvā ākaḍḍheyya parikaḍḍheyya samparikaḍḍheyya evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ ākaḍḍhissāmi parikaḍḍhissāmi samparikaḍḍhissāmi {66.2} seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso soṇḍikādhutto thālaṃ kaṇṇe gahetvā odhuneyya niddhuneyya nippoṭheyya evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ odhunissāmi niddhunissāmi Nippoṭhessāmi {66.3} seyyathāpi nāma kuñjaro saṭṭhihāyano gambhīraṃ pokkharaṇiṃ ogāhetvā sāṇadhovikaṃ nāma kīḷitajātaṃ kīḷati evamevāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ sāṇadhovikaṃ maññe kīḷitajātaṃ kīḷissāmi handa cāhaṃ bhante gacchāmi samaṇassa gotamassa imasmiṃ kathāvatthusmiṃ vādaṃ āropessāmīti. Gaccha tvaṃ gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa imasmiṃ kathāvatthusmiṃ vādaṃ āropehi ahaṃ vā gahapati samaṇassa gotamassa vādaṃ āropeyyaṃ dīghatapassī vā nigantho tvaṃ vāti.