[351] Evamme sutaṃ . ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi yena sālavatikā tadavasari . tena kho pana samayena lohicco brāhmaṇo sālavatikaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rājabhoggaṃ raññā pasenadikosalena dinnaṃ rājadāyaṃ brahmadeyyaṃ.

[352] Tena kho pana samayena lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ hoti idha samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigaccheyya kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigantvā na parassa āroceyya kiñhi paro parassa karissati seyyathāpi nāma purāṇaṃ bandhanaṃ chinditvā aññaṃ navaṃ bandhanaṃ kareyya evaṃ sampadamidaṃ pāpakaṃ lobhadhammaṃ vadāmi kiñhi paro parassa karissatīti . assosi kho lohicco brāhmaṇo samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito kosalesu cārikañcaramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sālavatikaṃ anuppatto taṃ kho pana bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃkalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato itipi so bhagavā .pe. 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.

[353] Athakho lohicco brāhmaṇo rosikaṃ nhāpitaṃ āmantesi ehi tvaṃ samma rosike yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ puccha lohicco bho gotama brāhmaṇo bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchatīti evañca vadehi adhivāsetu kira bhavaṃ gotamo lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṃghenāti . evaṃ bhanteti kho rosiko nhāpiko lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho rosiko nhāpiko bhagavantaṃ etadavoca lohicco bhante brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchati evañca vadeti adhivāsetu kira bhante bhagavā lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṃghenāti. Adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.