[199] Evamme sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi yena khānumattaṃ nāma magadhānaṃ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari . tatra sudaṃ bhagavā khānumatte viharati ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ . tena kho pana samayena kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo khānumattaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā māgadhena seniyena bimbisārena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ.

[200] Tena kho pana samayena kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa mahāyañño upakkhaṭo hoti . satta ca usabhasatāni satta ca vacchatarasatāni satta ca vacchatarisatāni satta ca ajasatāni satta ca urabbhasatāni thūnūpanītāni honti yaññatthāya . assosuṃ kho khānumattakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito magadhesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi khānumattaṃ anuppatto khānumatte viharati ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ {200.1} taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato {200.2} itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇa- sampanno 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 . athakho khānumattakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā khānumattā nikkhamitvā saṃghāsaṃghīgaṇībhūtā yena ambalaṭṭhikā tenupasaṅkamanti.

[201] Tena kho pana samayena kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo uparipāsāde divāseyyaṃ upagato hoti . addasā kho so kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo khānumatte brāhmaṇagahapatike khānumattā nikkhamitvā saṃghāsaṃghīgaṇībhūte yena ambalaṭṭhikā tenupasaṅkamante disvā khattaṃ āmantesi kinnu kho bho khatte khānumattakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā khānumattā nikkhamitvā saṃghāsaṃghīgaṇībhūtā yena ambalaṭṭhikā tenupasaṅkamantīti. {201.1} Atthi kho bho samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito magadhesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi khānumattaṃ anuppatto khānumatte viharati ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ {201.2} taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti {201.3} tamete bhavantaṃ bho gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamantīti. Athakho kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ Samaṇo gotamo tividhaṃ yaññasampadaṃ soḷasaparikkhāraṃ jānātīti na kho panāhaṃ jānāmi tividhaṃ yaññasampadaṃ soḷasaparikkhāraṃ icchāmi cāhaṃ mahāyaññaṃ yajituṃ yannūnāhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ upasaṅkamitvā tividhaṃ yaññasampadaṃ soḷasaparikkhāraṃ puccheyyanti. {201.4} Athakho kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo khattaṃ āmantesi tenahi bho khatte yena khānumattakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā khānumattake brāhmaṇagahapatike evaṃ vadehi kūṭadanto bho brāhmaṇo evamāha āgamentu kira bhavanto kūṭadantopi brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti . evaṃ bhoti kho so khattā kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā yena khānumattakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā khānumattake brāhmaṇagahapatike etadavoca kūṭadanto bho brāhmaṇo evamāha āgamentu kira bhavanto kūṭadantopi brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti.