Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi: “passati kho me ayaṁ brahmāyu brāhmaṇo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve. Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati— kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā”ti. Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi yathā addasa brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavato kosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ. Atha kho bhagavā jivhaṁ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi; kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṁ jivhāya chādesi. Atha kho bhagavā brahmāyuṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāhi paccabhāsi: “Ye te dvattiṁsāti sutā, mahāpurisalakkhaṇā; Sabbe te mama kāyasmiṁ, mā te kaṅkhāhu brāhmaṇa. Abhiññeyyaṁ abhiññātaṁ, bhāvetabbañca bhāvitaṁ; Pahātabbaṁ pahīnaṁ me, tasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇa. Diṭṭhadhammahitatthāya, samparāyasukhāya ca; Katāvakāso pucchassu, yaṁ kiñci abhipatthitan”ti. Atha kho brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi: “katāvakāso khomhi samaṇena gotamena. Kiṁ nu kho ahaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ puccheyyaṁ: ‘diṭṭhadhammikaṁ vā atthaṁ samparāyikaṁ vā’”ti. Atha kho brahmāyussa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi: “kusalo kho ahaṁ diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ atthānaṁ. Aññepi maṁ diṭṭhadhammikaṁ atthaṁ pucchanti. Yannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ samparāyikaṁyeva atthaṁ puccheyyan”ti. Atha kho brahmāyu brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi: “Kathaṁ kho brāhmaṇo hoti, kathaṁ bhavati vedagū; Tevijjo bho kathaṁ hoti, sotthiyo kinti vuccati. Arahaṁ bho kathaṁ hoti, kathaṁ bhavati kevalī; Muni ca bho kathaṁ hoti, buddho kinti pavuccatī”ti.