[173] Evaṃ vutte brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavoca aho vata re amhākaṃ paṇḍitaka aho vata re amhākaṃ bahussutaka aho vata re amhākaṃ tevijjaka evarūpena kira bho puriso atthacarakena kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapajjeyya yadeva kho tvaṃ ambaṭṭha taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ evaṃ āsajja āsajja avacāsi athakho bhavaṃ gotamo amhehi Evaṃ upaneyyaṃ upaneyyaṃ avaca aho vata re amhākaṃ paṇḍitaka ahosi vata re amhākaṃ bahussutaka aho vata re amhākaṃ tevijjaka evarūpena kira bho puriso atthacarakena kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapajjeyyāti . kupito anattamano ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ padasāyeva pavattesi icchati ca tāvadeva bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ . athakho te brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ pokkharasātiṃ etadavocuṃ ativikālo kho bho ajja samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ svedāni bhavaṃ pokkharasāti samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatīti.

[174] Athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti sake nivesane paṇītaṃ khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā yāne āropetvā ukkāsu dhāriyamānāsu ukkaṭṭhāya niyyāsi yena icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍo tena pāyāsi yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi yānena gantvā yānā paccorohitvā pattiko va yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavantaṃ etadavoca āgamā nu khvidha bho gotama amhākaṃ antevāsī ambaṭṭho māṇavoti . āgamā kho tedha brāhmaṇa antevāsī ambaṭṭho māṇavoti . ahu pana te bho gotama ambaṭṭhena māṇavena saddhiṃ kocideva kathāsallāpoti . ahu kho me brāhmaṇa ambaṭṭhena Māṇavena saddhiṃ kocideva kathāsallāpoti . yathākathaṃ pana te bho gotama ahu ambaṭṭhena māṇavena saddhiṃ kocideva kathāsallāpoti . Athakho bhagavā yāvatako ahosi ambaṭṭhena māṇavena saddhiṃ kathāsallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa ārocesi.