[734] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṃ carati mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ . tena kho pana samayena dhanañjānī nāma brāhmaṇī paccalakappe paṭivasati abhippasannā buddhe ca dhamme ca saṅghe ca . atha kho dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī upakkhalitvā tikkhattuṃ udānaṃ udānesi namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ... Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassāti.

[735] Tena kho pana samayena sagāravo nāma māṇavo paccalakappe paṭivasati tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo . assosi kho sagāravo māṇavo dhanañjāniyā brāhmaṇiyā evaṃ vācaṃ bhāsamānāya sutvāna dhanañjāniṃ brāhmaṇiṃ etadavoca avabhūtā ca yaṃ dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī parābhūtā ca yaṃ dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī vijjamānānaṃ tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ atha ca pana tassa muṇḍakassa samaṇassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsatīti . na hi pana tvaṃ tāta bhadramukha tassa bhagavato sīlapaññāṇaṃ jānāsi sace tvaṃ tāta bhadramukha tassa bhagavato sīlapaññāṇaṃ jāneyyāsi na tvaṃ tāta bhadramukha taṃ bhagavantaṃ akkositabbaṃ paribhāsitabbaṃ maññeyyāsīti . Tenahi bhoti yadā samaṇo paccalakappaṃ anuppatto hoti Atha me āroceyyāsīti . evaṃ bhadramukhāti kho dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī sagāravassa māṇavassa paccassosi.

[736] Atha kho bhagavā kosalesu anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno yena paccalakappaṃ tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā paccalakappe viharati todeyyānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ambavane . assosi kho dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī bhagavā kira paccalakappaṃ anuppatto paccalakappe viharati todeyyānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ambavaneti . atha kho dhanañjānī brāhmaṇī yena sagāravo māṇavo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā sagāravaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavoca ayaṃ tāta bhadramukha so bhagavā paccalakappaṃ anuppatto paccalakappe viharati todeyyānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ambavane yassadāni tvaṃ tāta bhadramukha kālaṃ maññasīti . evaṃ bhotīti kho sagāravo māṇavo dhanañjāniyā brāhmaṇiyā paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho sagāravo māṇavo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca santi kho bho gotama eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā diṭṭhadhammābhiññā- vosānapāramippattā ādibrahmacariyaṃ paṭijānanti tatra bho gotama ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā diṭṭhadhammābhiññāvosāna- pāramippattā ādibrahmacariyaṃ paṭijānanti tesaṃ bhavaṃ gotamo katamoti.