[183] Evaṃ vutte te brāhmaṇā soṇaḍaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etadavocuṃ yathā kho bhavaṃ soṇadaṇḍo samaṇassa gotamassa vaṇṇe bhāsati ito cepi so bhavaṃ gotamo yojanasate viharati alameva saddhena kulaputtena dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ api puṭosenāti . Tenahi bho sabbe va mayaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissāmāti. {183.1} Athakho soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo mahatā brāhmaṇagaṇena saddhiṃ yena gaggarā pokkharaṇī tenupasaṅkami . athakho soṇadaṇḍassa brāhmaṇassa tirovanasaṇḍagatassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi ahañceva kho pana samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ pañhaṃ puccheyyaṃ tatra ce maṃ samaṇo gotamo evaṃ vadeyya na kho esa brāhmaṇa pañho evaṃ pucchitabbo evaṃ nāmesa brāhmaṇa pañho pucchitabboti tena maṃ ayaṃ parisā paribhaveyya bālo soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo abyatto nāsakkhi samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ yoniso pañhaṃ pucchitunti yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yasopi tassa hāyetha yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogāpi tassa hāyeyyuṃ yasoladdhā kho panamhākaṃ bhogā mañceva pana samaṇo gotamo pañhaṃ puccheyya tassa cāhaṃ pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ na ārādheyyaṃ tatra ce maṃ samaṇo gotamo evaṃ vadeyya na kho esa brāhmaṇa pañho evaṃ byākātabbo evaṃ nāmesa brāhmaṇa pañho byākātabboti tena maṃ ayaṃ parisā Paribhaveyya bālo soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo abyatto nāsakkhi samaṇassa gotamassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ ārādhetunti yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yasopi tassa hāyetha yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogāpi tassa hāyeyyuṃ yasoladdhā kho panamhākaṃ bhogā ahañceva kho pana evaṃ samīpagato samāno adisvā va samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ nivatteyyaṃ tena maṃ ayaṃ parisā paribhaveyya bālo soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo abyatto mānathaddho bhīto no visahi samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ kathañhi nāma evaṃ samīpagato samāno adisvā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ nivattissatīti yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yasopi tassa hāyetha yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogāpi tassa hāyeyyuṃ yasoladdhā kho panamhākaṃ bhogāti.