[524] The bandit Aṅgulimāla saw the Blessed One coming from afar. On seeing him, this thought occurred to him: "It is wonderful indeed, sirs! It is marvellous indeed, sirs! For men travel this road only after banding together — ten men, twenty men, thirty men, forty men — and even they come to destruction at my hand. Yet this ascetic comes alone, without a companion, as if to overpower me, it seems. What if I were to deprive this ascetic of life?" Then the bandit Aṅgulimāla, taking up sword and shield, and binding on his bow and quiver, followed close behind the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One performed such a feat of psychic power (iddhābhisaṅkhāra) that the bandit Aṅgulimāla, though running with all his strength, was unable to catch up with the Blessed One, who was walking at his normal pace.
Then this thought occurred to the bandit Aṅgulimāla: "It is wonderful indeed, sirs! It is marvellous indeed, sirs! For formerly I could chase even a running elephant and seize it; I could chase even a running horse and seize it; I could chase even a running chariot and seize it; I could chase even a running deer and seize it. Yet though running with all my strength, I am unable to catch up with this ascetic, who is walking at his normal pace." Standing still, he said to the Blessed One: "Stop, ascetic! Stop, ascetic!"
"I have stopped, Aṅgulimāla; you too stop."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.