Samannaphalasutta 18.1-7

18.1

Itthaṃ kho me, bhante, pūraṇo kassapo sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ puṭṭho samāno akiriyaṃ byākāsi.

And so, when I asked Pūraṇa Kassapa about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life, he answered with the doctrine of inaction.

18.2

Seyyathāpi, bhante, ambaṃ vā puṭṭho labujaṃ byākareyya, labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ byākareyya;

It was like someone who, when asked about a mango, answered with a breadfruit, or when asked about a breadfruit, answered with a mango.

18.3

evameva kho me, bhante, pūraṇo kassapo sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ puṭṭho samāno akiriyaṃ byākāsi.

18.4

Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, etadahosi:

I thought:

18.5

‘kathañhi nāma mādiso samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā vijite vasantaṃ apasādetabbaṃ maññeyyā’ti.

‘How on earth could one such as I presume to rebuke an ascetic or brahmin living in my realm?’

18.6

So kho ahaṃ, bhante, pūraṇassa kassapassa bhāsitaṃ neva abhinandiṃ nappaṭikkosiṃ.

So I neither approved nor rejected that statement of Pūraṇa Kassapa.

18.7

Anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano, anattamanavācaṃ anicchāretvā, tameva vācaṃ anuggaṇhanto anikkujjanto uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃ.

I was displeased, but did not express my displeasure. Neither accepting what he said nor contradicting it, I rose from my seat and left.