[120] Tena kho pana samayena pukkuso mallaputto āḷārassa kālāmassa sāvako kusinārāya pāvaṃ addhānamaggapaṭipanno hoti . Addasā kho pukkuso mallaputto bhagavantaṃ aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisinnaṃ disvāna yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho pukkuso mallaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca acchariyaṃ bhante abbhutaṃ bhante santena vata bhante pabbajitā vihārena viharanti bhūtapubbaṃ Bhante āḷāro kālāmo addhānamaggapaṭipanno maggā okkamma avidūre aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṃ nisīdi athakho bhante pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni āḷāraṃ kālāmaṃ nissāya nissāya atikkamiṃsu athakho bhante aññataro puriso tassa sakaṭasatthassa piṭṭhito piṭṭhito āgacchanto yena āḷāro kālāmo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āḷāraṃ kālāmaṃ etadavoca api bhante pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni atikkantāni addasāti na kho ahaṃ āvuso addasanti kiṃ pana bhante saddaṃ assosīti na kho ahaṃ āvuso saddaṃ assosinti kiṃ pana bhante sutto ahosīti na kho ahaṃ āvuso sutto ahosinti kiṃ pana bhante saññī ahosīti evamāvusoti so tvaṃ bhante saññī samāno jāgaro pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni nissāya nissāya atikkantāni neva addasa {120.1} na pana saddaṃ assosi api hi te bhante saṅghāṭi rajena okiṇṇāti evamāvusoti athakho bhante tassa purisassa etadahosi acchariyaṃ vata bho abbhutaṃ vata bho santena vata bho pabbajitā vihārena viharanti yatra hi nāma saññī samāno jāgaro pañcamattāni sakaṭasatāni nissāya nissāya atikkantāni neva dakkhati na pana saddaṃ sossatīti āḷāre kālāme uḷāraṃ pasādaṃ pavedetvā pakkāmīti. {120.2} Taṃ kiṃ maññasi pukkusa katamaṃ nu kho dukkarataraṃ vā durabhisambhavataraṃ vā yo vā saññī samāno jāgaro pañcamattāni Sakaṭasatāni nissāya nissāya atikkantāni neva passeyya na pana saddaṃ suṇeyya yo vā saññī samāno jāgaro deve vassante deve gaḷagaḷāyante vijjutāsu niccharantīsu asaniyā phalantiyā neva passeyya na pana saddaṃ suṇeyyāti . Kiṃ hi bhante [2]- karissanti pañca vā sakaṭasatāni cha vā sakaṭasatāni satta vā sakaṭasatāni aṭṭha vā sakaṭasatāni nava vā sakaṭasatāni dasa vā sakaṭasatāni .pe. sahassaṃ vā sakaṭasatāni athakho etadeva dukkaratarañceva durabhisambhavatarañca yo saññī samāno jāgaro deve vassante deve gaḷagaḷāyante vijjutāsu niccharantīsu asaniyā phalantiyā neva passeyya na pana saddaṃ suṇeyyāti.