[55] "You, Vāseṭṭha,¹ being of various births, various names, various clans, and various families, have gone forth from the household life into homelessness. When asked, 'Who are you?' you claim, 'We are ascetics, sons of the Sakyan.'
But, Vāseṭṭha, one in whom faith in the Tathāgata is settled, grown in root, established, firm, and immovable by any ascetic or brahmin, by any god, by Māra, by Brahmā, or by anyone in the world — for such a one it is fitting to declare: 'I am the Blessed One's son, true-born (orasa), born from his mouth, born of the Dhamma, created by the Dhamma, an heir of the Dhamma.' Why is that? Because, Vāseṭṭha, these are designations of the Tathāgata: 'the body of the Dhamma (dhammakāya)', 'the body of Brahmā (brahmakāya)', 'become the Dhamma (dhammabhūta)', and 'become Brahmā (brahmabhūta)'."
¹ The vocative "Vāseṭṭhā" is plural in the Pali, addressing both interlocutors.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.