Tato bhagavā veneyyavasena sadevake loke aggakassakavappakabhāvaṃ attano dassento āha "ahampi kho brāhmaṇā"ti.

Atha brāhmaṇassa cintā udapādi "ayaṃ samaṇo `kasāmi ca vappāmi cā'ti āha, na cassa oḷārikāni yuganaṅgalādīni kasibhaṇḍāni passāmi, so musā nu kho bhaṇati, no"ti bhagavantaṃ tāva pādatalā paṭṭhāya yāva upari kesantā sammālokayamāno aṅgavijjāya katādhikārattā dvattiṃsavaralakkhaṇasampattimassa ñatvā "aṭṭhānametaṃ anavakāso, yaṃ evarūpo musā bhaṇeyyā"ti tāvadeva sañjātabahumāno bhagavati samaṇavādaṃ pahāya gottena bhagavantaṃ samudācaramāno āha "na kho pana mayaṃ passāma bhoto gotamassā"ti.

Evaṃ ca pana vatvā tikkhapañño brāhmaṇo "gambhīratthaṃ sandhāya iminā etaṃ vuttan"ti ñatvā pucchitvā tamatthaṃ ñātukāmo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi. Tenāha āyasmā ānando "atha kho kasibhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsī"ti. Tattha gāthāyāti akkharapadaniyamitena vacanena. Ajjhabhāsīti abhāsi.

[76-77] Tattha brāhmaṇo "kasin"ti yuganaṅgalādikasisambhārasamāyogaṃ vadati. Bhagavā pana yasmā pubbadhammasabhāgena ropetvā kathanannāma buddhānaṃ ānubhāvo, tasmā buddhānubhāvaṃ dīpento pubbadhammasabhāgena ropento āha "saddhā bījan"ti. Ko panettha pubbadhammasabhāgo, nanu brāhmaṇena bhagavā yuganaṅgalādikasisambhārasamāyogaṃ pucchito atha ca pana apucchitassa bījassa sabhāgena ropento āha "saddhā bījan"ti, evañca sati ananusandhikāva ayaṃ