[177] Athakho brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthu sāsane bhagavantaṃ etadavoca abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti evameva kho bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bho gotama saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṃghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgataṃ yathā ca bhavaṃ gotamo ukkaṭṭhāyaṃ aññāni upāsakakulāni upasaṅkamati evameva kho bhavaṃ gotamo pokkharasātikulaṃ upasaṅkamatu tattha ye te māṇavakā vā māṇavikā vā bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ abhivādessanti vā paccuṭṭhissanti vā āsanaṃ vā udakaṃ vā dassanti cittaṃ vā pasādessanti tesaṃ taṃ bhavissati dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti . kalyāṇaṃ vuccati brāhmaṇāti. Ambaṭṭhasuttaṃ tatiyaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ. -------------