4. Lakuṇṭakabhaddiyattheravatthu. (196)

"na tena thero hotīti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto lakuṇṭakabhaddiyattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekadivasañhi, tasmiṃ there satthu upaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā pakkantamatte, tiṃsamattā āraññakā bhikkhū taṃ passantāyeva āgantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā tesaṃ arahattupanissayaṃ disvā imaṃ pañhaṃ pucchi "ito gataṃ ekaṃ theraṃ passathāti. "na passāma bhanteti. "nanu diṭṭho soti. "ekaṃ bhante sāmaṇeraṃ passimhāti. "na so bhikkhave sāmaṇero, thero esoti. "ativiya khuddako bhanteti. "nāhaṃ bhikkhave mahallakabhāvena therāsane nisinnamattakena `theroti vadāmi, yo pana saccāni paṭivijjhitvā mahājanassa ahiṃsakabhāve ṭhito, ayaṃ thero nāmāti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi

"na tena thero [2]- hoti, yenassa palitaṃ siro,