Mahapadanasutta 3.5

3.5.1

Dutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, so mahābrahmā …pe…

For a second time …

3.5.2

tatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, so mahābrahmā vipassiṃ bhagavantaṃ arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ etadavoca:

For a third time that Great Divinity begged the Buddha to teach.

3.5.3

‘desetu, bhante, bhagavā dhammaṃ, desetu sugato dhammaṃ, santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro’ti.