[717] "So it seems, student, that among the brahmins there is not even a single brahmin who says: 'I declare the result of these five things, having realized it myself with direct knowledge (abhiññā).' Among the brahmins there is not even a single teacher, nor a single teacher's teacher, back through seven generations of teachers, who says: 'I declare the result of these five things, having realized it myself with direct knowledge.' And as for those ancient seers of the brahmins, the composers of the hymns, the propagators of the hymns, whose ancient collection of hymn-verses—sung, proclaimed, and compiled—the brahmins of today still sing after them and recite after them, repeating what was recited and rehearsing what was taught, namely Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, and Bhagu: even they did not say: 'We declare the result of these five things, having realized it ourselves with direct knowledge.' Suppose, student, there were a file of blind men, each holding on to the one before him: the first one does not see, the middle one does not see, and the last one does not see. Even so, student, the statement of the brahmins turns out, it seems to me, to be comparable to a file of blind men: the first one does not see, the middle one does not see, and the last one does not see."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.