[141] Evamme sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi yena icchānaṅgalannāma kosalānaṃ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe.

[142] Tena kho pana samayena brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti ukkaṭṭhaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā pasenadikosalena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ . assosi kho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito kosalesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi icchānaṅgalaṃ anuppatto icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti so imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sadevamanussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti so dhammaṃ deseti ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ Pakāseti sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti.

[143] Tena kho pana samayena brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa ambaṭṭho nāma māṇavo antevāsī hoti ajjhāyako mantadharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍuketubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo anuññātapaṭiññāto sake ācariyake tevijjake pāvacane yamahaṃ jānāmi taṃ tvaṃ jānāsi yaṃ tvaṃ jānāsi tamahaṃ jānāmīti. {143.1} Athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ āmantesi ayaṃ tāta ambaṭṭha samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito kosalesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi icchānaṅgalaṃ anuppatto icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti so imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sadevamanussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti so dhammaṃ deseti ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti ehi tvaṃ tāta ambaṭṭha māṇava yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama Upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ jānāhi yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathāsantaṃyeva saddo abbhuggato yadi vā no tathā yadi vā so bhavaṃ gotamo tādiso yadi vā na tādiso tathā mayantaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ vedissāmāti. {143.2} Yathākathaṃ panāhaṃ bho taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ jānissāmi yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathāsantaṃyeva saddo abbhuggato yadi vā no tathā yadi vā so bhavaṃ gotamo tādiso yadi vā na tādisoti. Āgatāni kho tāta ambaṭṭha amhākaṃ mantesu dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dve va gatiyo bhavanti anaññā sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati rājā hoti cakkavatti dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadaṭṭhāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti seyyathīdaṃ cakkaratanaṃ hatthiratanaṃ assaratanaṃ maṇiratanaṃ itthīratanaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṃ parosahassaṃ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā so imaṃ paṭhaviṃ sāgarapariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati sace pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado ahaṃ kho pana tāta ambaṭṭha mantānaṃ dātā tvaṃ mantānaṃ paṭiggahitāti. {143.3} Evaṃ bhoti kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa paṭissutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā brāhmaṇaṃ pokkharasātiṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā vaḷavārathamāruyha Sambahulehi māṇavehi saddhiṃ yena icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍo tena pāyāsi yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi yānena gantvā yānā paccorohitvā pattiko va ārāmaṃ pāvisi.