[69] Athakho bhagavā vassakāraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ magadhamahāmattaṃ āmantesi ekamidāhaṃ brāhmaṇa samayaṃ vesāliyaṃ viharāmi sārandade cetiye tatrāhaṃ vajjīnaṃ ime satta aparihāniye dhamme desesiṃ yāvakīvañca brāhmaṇa ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā vajjīsu ṭhassanti imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu vajjī sandississanti vuḍḍhiyeva brāhmaṇa vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā no parihānīti. {69.1} Evaṃ vutte vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca ekamekenapi bho gotama aparihāniyena dhammena samannāgatānaṃ vajjīnaṃ vuḍḍhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā no parihāni ko pana vādo sattahi aparihāniyehi dhammehi akaraṇīyā ca bho gotama vajjī raññā māgadhena ajātasattunā vedehiputtena yadidaṃ yuddhassa aññatra upalāpanāya aññatra mithubhedāya handa cadāhi mayaṃ bho gotama Gacchāma bahukiccā mayaṃ bahukaraṇīyāti . yassadāni tvaṃ brāhmaṇa kālaṃ maññasīti . athakho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.