[758] Evaṃ vutte sagāravo māṇavo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca aṭṭhitavata bhoto gotamassa padhānaṃ ahosi sappurisavata bhoto gotamassa padhānaṃ ahosi yathātaṃ arahato sammāsambuddhassa kiṃ nu kho bho gotama atthi devāti . Ṭhānaso kho panetaṃ bhāradvāja viditaṃ yadidaṃ atthi devāti . kinnu kho bho gotama atthi devāti puṭṭho samāno ṭhānaso panetaṃ bhāradvāja viditaṃ yadidaṃ atthi devāti vadesi nanu bho gotama evaṃ sante tucchā musā hotīti . atthi devāti bhāradvāja puṭṭho samāno atthi devāti yo vadeyya ṭhānaso viditā me viditāti yo vadeyya. Atha khvettha viññūpurisena ekaṃsena niṭṭhaṃ gantuṃ vā yadidaṃ atthi devāti . Kissa pana me bhavaṃ gotamo ādikeneva na byākāsīti. Uccena sammataṃ kho etaṃ bhāradvāja lokasmiṃ yadidaṃ atthi devāti.

[759] Evaṃ vutte sagāravo māṇavo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena Dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgatanti. Sagāravasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ dasamaṃ. Brāhmaṇavaggo pañcamo. ------------ Tassa vaggassa uddānaṃ brahmāyu selassalāyano ghoṭamukho ca brāhmaṇo esucaṅkī dhanañjānī vāseṭṭho subhagāravo. Majjhimapaṇṇāsakaṃ samattaṃ. -------