[8] Athakho brahmuno sahampatissa bhagavato cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya etadahosi nassati vata bho loko vinassati vata bho loko yatra hi nāma tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa appossukkatāya cittaṃ namati no dhammadesanāyāti . athakho brahmā sahampati seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva brahmaloke antarahito bhagavato purato pāturahosi. {8.1} Athakho brahmā sahampati ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā dakkhiṇajāṇumaṇḍalaṃ paṭhaviyaṃ nihantvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca desetu bhante bhagavā dhammaṃ desetu sugato dhammaṃ santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā assavanatā dhammassa Parihāyanti bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāroti. {8.2} Idamavoca brahmā sahampati idaṃ vatvā athāparaṃ etadavoca pāturahosi magadhesu pubbe dhammo asuddho samalehi cintito. Apāpuretaṃ amatassa dvāraṃ suṇantu dhammaṃ vimalenānubuddhaṃ. Sele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito yathāpi passe janataṃ samantato tathūpamaṃ dhammamayaṃ sumedha pāsādamāruyha samantacakkhu sokāvatiṇṇaṃ janataṃ apetasoko avekkhassu jātijarābhibhūtaṃ. Uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma satthavāha anaṇa vicara loke. Desassu bhagavā dhammaṃ aññātāro bhavissantīti .