Tato sandako paribbājako te paribbājake oloketvā "ime paribbājakā ativiya aññamaññaṃ agāravā appatissā, mayañca samaṇassa gotamassa pātubhāvato

Sace pana imaṃ ṭhānaṃ samaṇo gotamo gotamasāvako vā gihiupaṭṭhākopi tassa āgaccheyya. Ativiya lajjanīyaṃ bhavissati. Parisadoso kho pana parisajeṭṭhakasseva upari ārohatī"ti ito cito ca vilokento theraṃ addasa. Tena vuttaṃ addasā kho sandako paribbājako .pe. Tuṇhī ahesunti.

Tattha saṇṭhapesīti sikkhāpesi, vajjamassā paṭicchādesi. Yathā suṭṭhapitā hoti, tathā naṃ ṭhapesi. Yathā nāma parisamajjhaṃ pavisanto puriso vajjapaṭicchādanatthaṃ nivāsanaṃ saṇṭhapeti, pārupanaṃ saṇṭhapeti, rajokiṇṇaṭṭhānaṃ puñchati, evamassā vajjapaṭicchādanatthaṃ "appasaddā bhonto"ti sikkhāpento yathā suṭṭhapitā hoti, tathā naṃ ṭhapesīti attho. Appasaddakāmāti appasaddaṃ icchanti, ekakā nisīdanti, ekakā tiṭṭhanti, na gaṇasaṅgaṇikāya yāpenti. Appasaddavinītāti appasaddena niravena buddhena vinītā. Appasaddassa vaṇṇavādinoti yaṃ ṭhānaṃ appasaddaṃ nissaddaṃ. Tassa vaṇṇavādino. Upasaṅkamitabbaṃ maññeyyāti idhāgantabbaṃ maññeyya.

Kasmā panesa therassa upasaṅkamanaṃ paccāsiṃsatīti. Attano vuddhiṃ patthayamāno. Paribbājakā kira buddhesu vā buddhasāvakesu vā attano santikaṃ āgatesu "ajja amhākaṃ santikaṃ samaṇo gotamo āgato, sāriputto āgato, na kho panete yassa vā tassa vā santikaṃ gacchanti, passatha amhākaṃ uttamabhāvan"ti attano upaṭṭhākānaṃ santike attānaṃ ukkhipanti ucce ṭhāne ṭhapenti. Bhagavatopi upaṭṭhāke gaṇhituṃ vāyamanti. Te kira bhagavato upaṭṭhāke disvā evaṃ vadanti "tumhākaṃ satthā bhavaṃ gotamopi gotamassa sāvakāpi amhākaṃ santikaṃ āgacchanti, mayaṃ aññamaññasamaggā. Tumhe pana amhe akkhīhi passituṃ na icchatha, sāmīcikammaṃ na karotha, kiṃ vo amhehi aparaddhan"ti. Kathekacce manussā "buddhāpi etesaṃ santikaṃ gacchanti, kiṃ amhākan"ti tato paṭṭhāya te disvā nappamajjanti. Tuṇhī ahesunti sandakaṃ parivāretvā nissaddā nisīdiṃsu.