Mahasamayasutta 2.4

2.4

Yannūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekaṃ gāthaṃ bhāseyyāmā”ti.

“Why don’t we go to the Buddha and each recite a verse in his presence?”