7. Aññatarabrāhmaṇavatthu. (199)

"na tena bhikkhu so hotīti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

So kira bāhirasamaye pabbajitvā bhikkhaṃ caranto cintesi "samaṇo gotamo attano sāvake bhikkhāya carante `bhikkhūti vadati, maṃpi `bhikkhūti vattuṃ vaṭṭatīti. So satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā "bho gotama ahaṃpi bhikkhaṃ caritvā jīvāmi, maṃpi `bhikkhūti vadehīti āha. Atha naṃ satthā "nāhaṃ Brāhmaṇa bhikkhanamattena `bhikkhūti vadāmi, na hi visaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya vattanto bhikkhu nāma hoti; yo pana sabbasaṅkhāre saṅkhāya carati, so bhikkhu nāmāti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi

"na tena bhikkhu so hoti yāvatā bhikkhate pare,