Tena kho pana samayena nānāverajjakānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ pañcamattāni brāhmaṇasatāni opāsāde paṭivasanti kenacideva karaṇīyena. Assosuṁ kho te brāhmaṇā: “caṅkī kira brāhmaṇo samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatī”ti. Atha kho te brāhmaṇā yena caṅkī brāhmaṇo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā caṅkiṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavocuṁ: “saccaṁ kira bhavaṁ caṅkī samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamissatī”ti? “Evaṁ kho me, bho, hoti: ‘ahaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamissāmī’”ti. “Mā bhavaṁ caṅkī samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkami. Na arahati bhavaṁ caṅkī samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ; samaṇotveva gotamo arahati bhavantaṁ caṅkiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ. Bhavañhi caṅkī ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṁsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena. Yampi bhavaṁ caṅkī ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṁsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena, imināpaṅgena na arahati bhavaṁ caṅkī samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ; samaṇotveva gotamo arahati bhavantaṁ caṅkiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ. Bhavañhi caṅkī aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo …pe… bhavañhi caṅkī tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo …pe… bhavañhi caṅkī abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato brahmavaṇṇī brahmavacchasī akhuddāvakāso dassanāya …pe… bhavañhi caṅkī sīlavā vuddhasīlī vuddhasīlena samannāgato …pe… bhavañhi caṅkī kalyāṇavāco kalyāṇavākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā …pe… bhavañhi caṅkī bahūnaṁ ācariyapācariyo, tīṇi māṇavakasatāni mante vāceti