[375] Tena kho pana samayena selo brāhmaṇo āpaṇe paṭivasati tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo tīṇi ca māṇavakasatāni mante vāceti . tena kho pana samayena keṇiyo jaṭilo sele brāhmaṇe abhippasanno hoti . Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo tīhi māṇavakasatehi parivuto jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assamo tenupasaṅkami. {375.1} Addasā kho selo brāhmaṇo keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assame appekacce uddhanāni khaṇante .pe. appekacce āsanāni paññāpente keṇiyaṃ pana jaṭilaṃ sāmaṃ yeva maṇḍalamālaṃ paṭiyādentaṃ disvāna keṇiyaṃ jaṭilaṃ etadavoca kiṃ nu kho bhoto keṇiyassa āvāho vā bhavissati vivāho vā bhavissati mahāyañño vā paccupaṭṭhito rājā vā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro nimantito svātanāya saddhiṃ balakāyenāti. {375.2} Na me bho sela āvāho vā bhavissati napi vivāho bhavissati napi rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro nimantito svātanāya saddhiṃ balakāyena . api ca kho me mahāyañño paccupaṭṭhito atthi samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ Aḍḍhaterasehi bhikkhusatehi āpaṇaṃ anuppatto taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā .pe. buddho bhagavāti . so me nimantito svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṅghenāti . buddhoti bho keṇiya vadesi . buddhoti bho sela vadāmi . buddhoti bho keṇiya vadesi . buddhoti bho sela vadāmīti. {375.3} Atha kho selassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi ghosopi kho eso dullabho lokasmiṃ yadidaṃ buddhoti . āgatāni kho pana asmākaṃ mantesu dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato tassimāni sattaratanāni bhavanti seyyathīdaṃ cakkaratanaṃ hatthiratanaṃ assaratanaṃ maṇiratanaṃ itthiratanaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ . parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā viraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā . so imaṃ paṭhaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati . sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado . kahaṃ pana bho keṇiya etarahi so bhavaṃ gotamo Viharati arahaṃ sammāsambuddhoti.