kappampi ce aññamabhāsamāno

khīyetha kappo ciradīghamantare

vaṇṇo na khīyetha tathāgatassā"ti.

Imaṃ pana guṇakathaṃ sutvā te brāhmaṇā cintayiṃsu "yathā caṅkī samaṇassa gotamassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, anomaguṇo so bhavaṃ gotamo, evaṃ tassa guṇe jānamānena kho pana iminā aticiraṃ adhivāsitaṃ, handa naṃ anuvattāmā"ti anuvattamānā "tenahi bho"tiādimāhaṃsu.