[566] Furthermore, venerable sir, I see here certain wise nobles (khattiya) who are subtle, practiced in the doctrines of others, like hair-splitting marksmen; they wander about, as it were, demolishing the views of others with their intellect. They hear: "The ascetic Gotama, sirs, will come down to such-and-such a village or town." They formulate a question, thinking: "We shall approach the ascetic Gotama and ask him this question. If, asked by us thus, he answers thus, we shall refute his doctrine thus; and if, asked by us thus, he answers thus, we shall refute his doctrine thus." They hear: "The ascetic Gotama, sirs, has come down to such-and-such a village or town." They approach the Blessed One. The Blessed One instructs, urges, rouses, and gladdens them with a talk on the Dhamma. Instructed, urged, roused, and gladdened by the Blessed One with a talk on the Dhamma, they do not even ask the Blessed One their question—how, then, could they refute his doctrine? Invariably, they become disciples of the Blessed One. This too, venerable sir, is an inference of mine, drawn in accordance with the Dhamma, regarding the Blessed One: "The Blessed One is a Perfectly Enlightened One; the Dhamma is well proclaimed by the Blessed One; the Saṅgha of the Blessed One's disciples is practicing well."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.