[703] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . athakho āyasmā lakuṇṭakabhaddiyo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā.

[704] Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ lakuṇṭakabhaddiyaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi passatha no tumhe bhikkhave etaṃ bhikkhuṃ āgacchantaṃ dubbaṇṇaṃ duddasikaṃ okoṭimakaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ paribhūtarūpanti . evaṃ bhante . eso kho bhikkhave bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā yā tena bhikkhunā asamāpannapubbā yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatīti.

[705] Idamavoca bhagavā .pe. Satthā haṃsā kuñcā mayūrā ca hatthiyo pasaṭamigā sabbe sīhassa bhāyanti natthi kāyasmi tulyatā evameva manussesu daharo cepi paññavā so hi tattha mahā hoti neva bālo sarīravāti. Chaṭṭhaṃ.