A few days ago Sunakkhatta the Licchavi came to me, bowed, sat down to one side, and said: ‘Now I disavow the Buddha! Now I shall no longer live dedicated to you.’ When Sunakkhatta said this, I said to him, ‘But Sunakkhatta, did I ever say to you: “Come, live dedicated to me”?’ ‘No, sir.’ ‘Or did you ever say to me: “Sir, I shall live dedicated to the Buddha”?’ ‘No, sir.’ ‘So it seems that I did not ask you to live dedicated to me, nor did you say you would live dedicated to me. In that case, you futile man, who are you and what do you disavow? See how far you have strayed!’