[187] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Athakho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi ekamantaṃ nisinno kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca jāneyya nu kho bho gotama asappuriso asappurisaṃ asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . Aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa anavakāso yaṃ asappuriso asappurisaṃ jāneyya asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . jāneyya pana bho gotama asappuriso sappurisaṃ sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . etampi kho brāhmaṇa aṭṭhānaṃ anavakāso yaṃ asappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . jāneyya nu kho bho gotama sappuriso sappurisaṃ sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . ṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa vijjati yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . jāneyya pana bho gotama sappuriso asappurisaṃ asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . Etampi kho brāhmaṇa ṭhānaṃ vijjati yaṃ sappuriso asappurisaṃ jāneyya asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti. {187.1} Acchariyaṃ bho gotama abbhutaṃ bho gotama yāva subhāsitañcidaṃ bhotā gotamena aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa anavakāso yaṃ asappuriso asappurisaṃ jāneyya asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . etampi kho brāhmaṇa aṭṭhānaṃ anavakāso yaṃ asappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti ṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa vijjati yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti etampi kho brāhmaṇa ṭhānaṃ vijjati yaṃ sappuriso asappurisaṃ jāneyya asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti. {187.2} Ekamidaṃ bho gotama samayaṃ todeyyassa brāhmaṇassa parisati parūpārambhaṃ vattenti bālo ayaṃ rājā eḷeyyo yo samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasanno samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karoti yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammaṃ imepi rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā bālā yamako moggaṃllo uggo nāvinākī gandhabbo aggivesso ye samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasannā samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karonti yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammanti tyassudaṃ todeyyo brāhmaṇo iminā nayena neti taṃ kiṃ maññanti bhonto paṇḍito rājā eḷeyyo karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu Vacanīyesu alamatthadasatarehi alamatthadasataroti evaṃ bho paṇḍito rājā eḷeyyo karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamatthadasatarehi alamatthadasataroti yasmā [1]- kho bho samaṇo rāmaputto raññā eḷeyyena paṇḍitena paṇḍitataro karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamatthadasatarena alamatthadasataro {187.3} tasmā rājā eḷeyyo samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasanno samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karoti yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammaṃ taṃ kiṃ maññanti bhonto paṇḍitā rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā yamako moggallo uggo nāvinākī gandhabbo aggivesso karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamatthadasatarehi alamatthadasataroti evaṃ bho paṇḍitā rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā yamako moggallo uggo nāvinākī gandhabbo aggivesso karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamatthadasataroti yasmā kho bho samaṇo rāmaputto rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakehi paṇḍitehi paṇḍitataro karaṇīyādhikaraṇīyesu vacanīyādhivacanīyesu alamatthadasatarehi alamatthadasataro tasmā rañño eḷeyyassa parihārakā samaṇe rāmaputte abhippasannā samaṇe ca pana rāmaputte evarūpaṃ paramanipaccakāraṃ karonti yadidaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalikammaṃ sāmīcikammanti acchariyaṃ bho gotama abbhutaṃ bho gotama yāva subhāsitañcidaṃ bhotā Gotamena aṭṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa anavakāso yaṃ asappuriso asappurisaṃ jāneyya asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti. {187.4} Etampi kho brāhmaṇa aṭṭhānaṃ anavakāso yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti ṭhānaṃ kho etaṃ brāhmaṇa vijjati yaṃ sappuriso sappurisaṃ jāneyya sappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti etaṃ kho brāhmaṇa ṭhānaṃ vijjati yaṃ sappuriso asappurisaṃ jāneyya asappuriso ayaṃ bhavanti . handacadāni mayaṃ bho gotama gacchāma bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyāti . yassadāni tvaṃ brāhmaṇa kālaṃ maññasīti . athakho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmīti.