[93] Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho abhayo rājakumāro bhagavantaṃ etadavoca bhāseyya nu kho bhante tathāgato taṃ vācaṃ yā sā vācā paresaṃ appiyā amanāpāti . na khvettha rājakumāra ekaṃsenāti . ettha bhante anassuṃ niganthāti . kiṃ pana tvaṃ rājakumāra evaṃ vadesīti . ettha bhante anassuṃ niganthāti idhāhaṃ bhante yena nigantho nāṭaputto tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃ ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho maṃ bhante nigantho nāṭaputto etadavoca ehi tvaṃ rājakumāra samaṇassa gotamassa vādaṃ āropehi evaṃ te kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggacchissati abhayena rājakumārena samaṇassa gotamassa evaṃ mahiddhikassa evaṃ mahānubhāvassa vādo āropitoti {93.1} evaṃ vutte ahaṃ bhante niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ etadavocaṃ yathākathaṃ Panāhaṃ bhante samaṇassa gotamassa evaṃ mahiddhikassa evaṃ mahānubhāvassa vādaṃ āropessāmīti ehi tvaṃ rājakumāra yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃ vadehi bhāseyya nu kho bhante tathāgato taṃ vācaṃ yā sā vācā paresaṃ appiyā amanāpāti sace te samaṇo gotamo evaṃ puṭṭho samāno evaṃ byākaroti bhāseyya rājakumāra tathāgato taṃ vācaṃ yā sā vācā paresaṃ appiyā amanāpāti tamenaṃ tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi atha kiñcarahi te bhante puthujjanena nānākaraṇaṃ puthujjanopi hi taṃ vācaṃ bhāseyya yā sā vācā paresaṃ appiyā amanāpāti sace pana te samaṇo gotamo evaṃ puṭṭho {93.2} evaṃ byākaroti na rājakumāra tathāgato taṃ vācaṃ bhāseyya yā sā vācā paresaṃ appiyā amanāpāti tamenaṃ tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi atha kiñcarahi te bhante devadatto byākato āpāyiko devadatto nerayiko devadatto kappaṭṭho devadatto atekiccho devadattoti tāya ca pana te vācāya devadatto kupito ahosi anattamanoti imaṃ kho te rājakumāra samaṇo gotamo ubhatokoṭikaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno neva sakkhiti uggilituṃ neva sakkhiti oggilituṃ seyyathāpi nāma purisassa ayasiṅghāṭakaṃ kaṇṭhe vilaggaṃ so neva sakkuṇeyya uggilituṃ neva sakkuṇeyya oggilituṃ evameva kho te rājakumāra samaṇo gotamo imaṃ ubhatokoṭikaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho Samāno neva sakkhiti uggilituṃ neva sakkhiti oggilitunti.