[701] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena paccanikasāto nāma brāhmaṇo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati . atha kho paccanikasātassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi yannūnāhaṃ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṃ yaṃ yadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsissati taṃ tadevassāhaṃ paccanikāssanti.

[702] Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā ajjhokāse caṅkamati. Atha kho paccanikasāto brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ caṅkamantaṃ anucaṅkamamāno bhagavantaṃ etadavoca bhaṇa samaṇa dhammanti.

[703] Na paccanikasātena suvijānaṃ subhāsitaṃ upakkiliṭṭhacittena sārambha bahutena ca yo ca vineyya sārambhaṃ appasādañca cetaso āghātaṃ paṭinissajja sace jaññā subhāsitanti.

[704] Evaṃ vutte paccanikasāto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama .pe. upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgatanti.