[568] "Venerable sir, there is a further reason. These chamberlains (thapati) Isidanta and Purāṇa eat my food and use my carriages; I am the giver of their livelihood and the bringer of their renown. And yet they do not show such humble deference toward me as they show toward the Blessed One. Formerly, venerable sir, when I had marched out with the army and was putting these chamberlains Isidanta and Purāṇa to the test, I took up lodging in a certain cramped dwelling. Then, venerable sir, these chamberlains Isidanta and Purāṇa, having passed much of the night in talk on the Dhamma, lay down with their heads in the direction where they had heard the Blessed One was, and with their feet toward me. Venerable sir, this occurred to me: 'It is wonderful indeed, sirs! It is marvellous indeed, sirs! These chamberlains Isidanta and Purāṇa eat my food and use my carriages; I am the giver of their livelihood and the bringer of their renown. And yet they do not show such humble deference toward me as they show toward the Blessed One. Surely these venerable ones know some lofty successive distinction in that Blessed One's dispensation.' This too, venerable sir, is an inference according with the Dhamma that I draw regarding the Blessed One: 'The Blessed One is a Perfectly Enlightened One; the Dhamma is well expounded 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.