[593] "Yes, worthy sir," that young student replied to the brahmin Brahmāyu, and he approached the Blessed One. Having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Blessed One, and when the courteous and amiable talk was concluded, he stood to one side. Standing to one side, the young student said this to the Blessed One: "Worthy Gotama, the brahmin Brahmāyu asks whether the worthy Gotama is free from affliction, free from illness, nimble, strong, and dwelling in comfort. Worthy Gotama, the brahmin Brahmāyu is old, aged, elderly, advanced in years, arrived at the last stage of life, one hundred and twenty years from birth; he has gone to the far shore of the three Vedas together with their vocabularies and ritual, with their phonology and word-analysis, and the histories as the fifth; he is skilled in the words and is a grammarian, fully accomplished in cosmology and the marks of a great man. Worthy sir, of all the brahmins and householders residing in Mithilā, the brahmin Brahmāyu is declared the foremost of them, that is, in wealth; the brahmin Brahmāyu is declared the foremost of them, that is, in hymns; the brahmin Brahmāyu is declared the foremost of them, that is, in both lifespan and fame. He desires to see the worthy Gotama."
"Then, young student, let the brahmin Brahmāyu come at whatever time he now thinks fit."
Then that young student approached the brahmin Brahmāyu; having approached, he said this to the brahmin Brahmāyu: "The opportunity has been granted you, sir, by the ascetic Gotama. You may go, sir, at whatever time you now think fit."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.