[175] Evaṃ vutte brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavantametadavoca bālo bho gotama ambaṭṭho māṇavo khamatu bhavaṃ gotamo ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassāti . sukhī hotu brāhmaṇa ambaṭṭho māṇavoti . athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni sammannesi . addasā kho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya ca. {175.1} Athakho bhagavato etadahosi passati kho me ayaṃ brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cāti . Athakho bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṃkhāraṃ abhisaṃkhāresi yathā addasa brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato kosohitaṃ vatthaguyhaṃ . athakho bhagavā jivhaṃ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi . athakho brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa Etadahosi samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṃsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi no aparipuṇṇehīti . bhagavantaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu bhavaṃ gotamo ajjatanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṃghenāti . adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena . athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā bhagavato kālaṃ ārocesi kālo bho gotama niṭṭhitaṃ bhattanti.
[176] Athakho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṃghena yena brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavantaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi māṇavakā ca bhikkhusaṃghaṃ . athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. {176.1} Ekamantaṃ nisinnassa kho brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa bhagavā anupubbīkathaṃ kathesi seyyathīdaṃ dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṃkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi . Yadā bhagavā aññāsi brāhmaṇaṃ pokkharasātiṃ kallacittaṃ muducittaṃ vinīvaraṇacattaṃ udaggacittaṃ pasannacittaṃ athassa yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā taṃ pakāsesi dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ. Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya evameva kho brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa Tasmiṃyeva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbantaṃ nirodhadhammanti.