Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ dassanāya gacchanti. Addasā kho āyasmā vacchagotto te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante. Disvāna yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te bhikkhū etadavoca: “handa kahaṁ pana tumhe āyasmanto gacchathā”ti? “Bhagavantaṁ kho mayaṁ, āvuso, dassanāya gacchāmā”ti. “Tenahāyasmanto mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatha, evañca vadetha: ‘vacchagotto, bhante, bhikkhu bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, evañca vadeti— pariciṇṇo me bhagavā, pariciṇṇo me sugato’”ti. “Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato vacchagottassa paccassosuṁ. Atha kho te bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ: “āyasmā, bhante, vacchagotto bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, evañca vadeti: ‘pariciṇṇo me bhagavā, pariciṇṇo me sugato’”ti. “Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, vacchagotto bhikkhu cetasā ceto paricca vidito: ‘tevijjo vacchagotto bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo’ti. Devatāpi me etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ: ‘tevijjo, bhante, vacchagotto bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo’”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti. Mahāvacchasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ tatiyaṁ. Dīghanakhasutta