1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno.Now at that time the Buddha had gone into retreat for the day’s meditation.1.3Atha kho subrahmā ca paccekabrahmā suddhāvāso ca paccekabrahmā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṁ dvārabāhaṁ nissāya aṭṭhaṁsu.Then the independent divinities Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa went to the Buddha and stationed themselves one by each door-post.

1.4Atha kho suddhāvāso paccekabrahmā katamodakatissakaṁ bhikkhuṁ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:Then Suddhāvāsa spoke this verse about the mendicant Katamorakatissaka in the Buddha’s presence:

2.1“Appameyyaṁ paminanto,∥“What wise person here would judge2.2Kodha vidvā vikappaye;the immeasurable by measuring them?2.3Appameyyaṁ pamāyinaṁ,I think anyone who’d do such a thing2.4Nivutaṁ taṁ maññe akissavan”ti.is an ignoramus, shrouded.”¹