Dighanikaya 24.6

24.6

Anekapariyāyena khoti idaṃ kasmā āraddhaṃ. Sunakkhatto kira ‘‘bhagavato guṇaṃ makkhessāmi, ‘‘dosaṃ paññapessāmī’’ti ettakaṃ vippalapitvā bhagavato kathaṃ suṇanto appatiṭṭho niravo aṭṭhāsi.

“In many a way indeed”: why is this begun? Sunakkhatta, it is said, having prattled this much, thinking: “I will smear the virtues of the Blessed One, I will declare his offense,” while listening to the Blessed One’s speech, remained groundless and silent.