[236] Evaṃ vutte kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo 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 bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito esāhaṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṃghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgataṃ esāhaṃ bho gotama satta ca usabhasatāni satta ca vacchatarasatāni satta ca vacchatarisatāni satta ca ajasatāni satta ca urabbhasatāni muñcāmi jīvitaṃ demi haritāni ceva tiṇāni khādantu sītāni ca pānīyāni pivantu sīto nesaṃ vāto upavāyatūti.
[237] Athakho bhagavā kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa anupubbīkathaṃ kathesi seyyathīdaṃ dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ Saṅkilesaṃ nikkhame ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi . yadā bhagavā aññāsi kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kallacittaṃ muducittaṃ vinīvaraṇacittaṃ udaggacittaṃ pasannacittaṃ atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā taṃ pakāsesi dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ . seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya evameva kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa tasmiṃyeva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbantaṃ nirodhadhammanti . athakho kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo diṭṭhadhammo pattadhammo viditadhammo pariyogāḷhadhammo tiṇṇavicikiccho vigatakathaṃkatho vesārajjappatto aparappaccayo satthusāsane bhavantaṃ etadavoca adhivāsetu me bhavaṃ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṃghenāti . adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena . athakho kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.
[238] Athakho kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo tassā rattiyā accayena sake yaññavāte paṇītaṃ khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṃ ārocāpesi kālo bho gotama niṭṭhitaṃ bhattanti . athakho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya saddhiṃ bhikkhusaṃghena yena kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa yaññavāto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi . athakho kūṭadanto Brāhmaṇo buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṃghaṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi . athakho kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onītapattapāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ bhagavā dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmīti. Kūṭadantasuttaṃ pañcamaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ. -----------