The Long Āgama Sūtra 23.50

23.50

究羅檀頭答言：「沙門瞿曇所說微妙，我非不然可，所以默然者。自思惟耳，沙門瞿曇說此事，不言從他聞，我默思惟：『沙門瞿曇將無是彼剎利王耶？或是彼婆羅門大臣耶？』」

Kūṭatāṇḍya replied, “What the ascetic Gautama has taught is wonderful. It’s not that I don’t accept it. The reason I was silent was because I was thinking about it. The ascetic Gautama has explained this subject, but he didn’t say he heard it from someone else, so I was silently thinking, ‘Was the ascetic Gautama that warrior king at the time? Or was he that priestly great minister?’”