[722] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho āyasmā mahākappino yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā.

[723] Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ mahākappinaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi passatha no tumhe bhikkhave etaṃ bhikkhuṃ āgacchantaṃ odātaṃ tanukaṃ tuṅganāsikanti . 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.

[724] Idamavoca bhagavā idaṃ vatvāna sugato athāparaṃ etadavoca satthā khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṃ ye gottapaṭisārino vijjācaraṇasampanno so seṭṭho devamānuse divā tapati ādicco rattimābhāti candimā sannaddho khattiyo tapati jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo atha sabbamahorattaṃ buddho tapati tejasāti. Ekādasamaṃ.