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“No hetaṁ Bhante.”<br />
“Certainly not, venerable Sir.” 118<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 52<br />
“Arahaṁ bhikkhave Tathāgato Sammāsambuddho,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Realised One is a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha,<br />
odahatha bhikkhave sotaṁ Amatam-adhigataṁ aham-anusāsāmi,<br />
lend an ear, monks, I will instruct you about the attainment of the Deathless,<br />
ahaṁ Dhammaṁ desemi yathānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamānā,<br />
I will teach the Dhamma, (and) following the path as it has been preached,<br />
na cirasseva, yassatthāya kulaputtā sammad-eva<br />
after no long time (you will attain) that good for which young men of good family<br />
agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti,<br />
rightly go forth from the home to the homeless life,<br />
tad-anuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ,<br />
that unsurpassed conclusion to the spiritual life,<br />
diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā,” ti<br />
and will dwell having known, experienced, and attained it yourself in this very life,”<br />
asakkhi kho Bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū saññāpetuṁ.<br />
and the Gracious One was able to persuade the group-of-five monks. 119<br />
Atha kho pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū Bhagavantaṁ sussūsiṁsu,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the group-of-five monks listened to the Gracious One,<br />
sotaṁ odahiṁsu aññāya cittaṁ upaṭṭhāpesuṁ.<br />
they lent an ear, (so as) to attend with their mind to deep knowledge.<br />
118 Here they address the Buddha as Bhante, rather than āvuso, marking their conviction that<br />
he really has attained Sambodhi, and their willingness to listen to him with respect.<br />
119 Comm: “Ahaṁ Buddho” ti jānāpetuṁ asakkhi; was able to persuade them: “I am a<br />
Buddha”.