[409] Then, Ānanda, Ghaṭikāra the potter took hold of Jotipāla the brahmin youth by the waistband and said: "Friend Jotipāla, the monastery of the Blessed One Kassapa, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One, is not far from here. Come, friend Jotipāla, we shall go to see the Blessed One Kassapa, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One; for I deem it excellent to see that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One." Then, Ānanda, Jotipāla the brahmin youth, having undone his waistband, said to Ghaṭikāra the potter: "Enough, friend Ghaṭikāra. What is the use of seeing that shaveling, that petty ascetic?"
Then, Ānanda, Ghaṭikāra the potter took hold of Jotipāla the brahmin youth, whose head was freshly washed, by the hair and said: "Friend Jotipāla, the monastery of the Blessed One Kassapa, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One, is not far from here. Come, friend Jotipāla, we shall go to see the Blessed One Kassapa, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One; for I deem it excellent to see that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One."
Then, Ānanda, this thought occurred to Jotipāla the brahmin youth: "It is wonderful indeed, sir, it is marvellous indeed, sir, that this potter Ghaṭikāra, being of inferior birth, should presume to take hold of the hair of us whose heads are freshly washed! Surely this will be no trifling matter." And he said to Ghaṭikāra the potter: "Even to this extent, friend Ghaṭikāra?"
"Even to this extent, friend Jotipāla; for so good indeed, friend, do I deem the sight of that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One."
"Then, friend Ghaṭikāra, release me; we shall go."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.