[170] Athakho bhagavā vihārā nikkhamma caṅkamaṃ abbhuṭṭhāsi . Ambaṭṭhopi māṇavo vihārā nikkhamma caṅkamaṃ abbhuṭṭhāsi . Athakho ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavantaṃ caṅkamantaṃ anucaṅkamamāno bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni sammannesi . addasā kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya ca . athakho bhagavato etadahosi passati kho me ayaṃ ambaṭṭho māṇavo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu ambaṭṭho kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cāti . Athakho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṃkhāraṃ abhisaṃkhāresi yathā addasa ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavato kosohitavatthaguyhaṃ . athakho bhagavā jivhaṃ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi.

[171] Athakho ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa etadahosi samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi no aparipuṇṇehīti . bhagavantaṃ etadavoca handa cadāni mayaṃ bho gotama gacchāma bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyāti . yassadāni tvaṃ ambaṭṭha kālaṃ maññasīti . athakho ambaṭṭho māṇavo vaḷavārathamāruyha pakkāmi.

[172] Tena kho pana samayena brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti uṭṭhāya nikkhamitvā mahatā brāhmaṇagaṇena saddhiṃ sake ārāme nisinno hoti ambaṭṭhaṃyeva māṇavaṃ patimānento . athakho ambaṭṭho māṇavo yena sako ārāmo tena pāyāsi yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi yānena gantvā yānā paccorohitvā pattiko va yena brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā brāhmaṇaṃ pokkharasātiṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho ambaṭṭhaṃ Māṇavaṃ brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti etadavoca kacci tāta ambaṭṭha addasa taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamanti . addasāma kho mayaṃ bho taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamanti . kacci tāta ambaṭṭha taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathāsantaṃyeva saddo abbhuggato no aññathā kacci pana bho so bhavaṃ gotamo tādiso no aññādisoti . tathāsantaṃyeva bho taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ tathāsaddo abbhuggato no aññathā tādiso va bho so bhavaṃ gotamo no aññādiso samannāgato va bho so bhavaṃ gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi no aparipuṇṇehīti . ahu pana te tāta ambaṭṭha samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ kocideva kathāsallāpoti. Ahu kho me bho samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ kocideva kathāsallāpoti. Yathākathaṃ pana te tāta ambaṭṭha ahu samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ kocideva kathāsallāpoti . athakho ambaṭṭho māṇavo yāvatako ahosi bhagavatā saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa ārocesi.