[694] Sāvatthinidānaṃ . tena kho pana samayena mānatthaddho nāma brāhmaṇo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati . so neva mātaraṃ abhivādeti na pitaraṃ abhivādeti na ācariyaṃ abhivādeti na jeṭṭhabhātaraṃ abhivādeti.

[695] Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṃ deseti . atha kho mānatthaddhassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi ayaṃ kho samaṇo gotamo mahatiyā parisāya parivuto dhammaṃ deseti yannūnāhaṃ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṃ sace maṃ samaṇo gotamo ālapissati ahampi taṃ ālapissāmi no ce maṃ samaṇo gotamo ālapissati ahampi taṃ nālapissāmīti . atha kho mānatthaddho brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā [1]- ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . atha kho bhagavā [2]- nālapati . atha kho mānatthaddho brāhmaṇo nāyaṃ samaṇo gotamo kiñci jānātīti tatova puna nivattitukāmo ahosi.

[696] Atha kho bhagavā mānatthaddhassa brāhmaṇassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya mānatthaddhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi na mānaṃ brāhmaṇa sādhu atthi kassīdha brāhmaṇa yena atthena āgañchi tamevamanubrūhayeti.

[697] Atha kho mānatthaddho brāhmaṇo cittaṃ me samaṇo gotamo jānātīti tattheva bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavato Pādāni mukhena paricumbati pāṇīhi ca parisambāhati nāmaṃ ca sāveti mānatthaddhāhaṃ bho gotama mānatthaddhāhaṃ bho gotamāti . atha kho sā parisā abbhūtacittajātā ahosi acchariyaṃ vata bho abbhūtaṃ vata bho ayañhi mānatthaddho brāhmaṇo neva mātaraṃ abhivādeti na pitaraṃ abhivādeti na ācariyaṃ abhivādeti na jeṭṭhabhātaraṃ abhivādeti atha ca pana samaṇo gotamo evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karotīti . Atha kho bhagavā mānatthaddhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etadavoca alaṃ brāhmaṇa uṭṭhehi sake āsane nisīda yato te mayi cittaṃ pasannanti.