Dighanikaya 5.348

5.348

Aho yañño, aho yaññasampadāti brāhmaṇā sappiādīhi niṭṭhānagamanaṃ sutvā – ‘‘yaṃ loke madhuraṃ, tadeva samaṇo gotamo katheti, handassa yaññaṃ pasaṃsāmā’’ti tuṭṭhacittā pasaṃsamānā evamāhaṃsu. Tuṇhībhūtova nisinno hotīti upari vattabbamatthaṃ cintayamāno nissaddova nisinno hoti. Abhijānāti pana bhavaṃ gotamoti idaṃ brāhmaṇo parihārena pucchanto āha. Itarathā hi – ‘‘kiṃ pana tvaṃ, bho gotama, tadā rājā ahosi, udāhu purohito brāhmaṇo’’ti evaṃ ujukameva pucchayamāno agāravo viya hoti.

‘Oh, the sacrifice! Oh, the excellence of the sacrifice!’: Having heard of the completion with ghee and so forth, the brahmins, with delighted minds, praising it, spoke thus: ‘Whatever is sweet in the world, the ascetic Gotama speaks of just that; come, let us praise his sacrifice.’ ‘Sat in silence’: Thinking of the meaning to be spoken above, he sat silently indeed. ‘Does Master Gotama know, however?’: The brahmin said this, asking politely. For otherwise, asking straight out in this way: ‘Were you at that time the king, Master Gotama, or the purohita brahmin?’, it would be disrespectful, as it were.