1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tena kho pana samayena paccanīkasāto nāma brāhmaṇo sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati. Atha kho paccanīkasātassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:  "yannūnāhaṃ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasankameyyaṃ. Yaṃ yadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsissati taṃ tadevassāhaṃ paccanīkāssan"ti. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā abbhokāse cankamati. Atha kho paccanīkasāto brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ cankamantaṃ etadavoca:  "bhaṇa samaṇadhamman"ti.

2 "Na paccanīkasātena,
suvijānaṃ subhāsitaṃ;
Upakkiliṭṭhacittena,
sārambhabahulena ca.

3 Yo ca vineyya sārambhaṃ,
appasādañca cetaso;
Āghātaṃ paṭinissajja,
sa ve jaññā subhāsitan"ti.

4 Evaṃ vutte, paccanīkasāto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama … pe … upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan"ti.