[718] When this was said, the brahmin student Subha, Todeyya's son, being addressed by the Blessed One with the simile of the file of blind men, was angered and displeased; reviling the Blessed One himself, disparaging the Blessed One himself, speaking against the Blessed One himself, saying, "The ascetic Gotama shall be brought down!" he said to the Blessed One: "Gotama, the brahmin Pokkharasāti Opamañña of Subhagavana Grove says thus: 'Just so indeed—whoever these ascetics and brahmins may be who claim a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones (uttariṃ manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesa), this statement of theirs turns out to be merely laughable, turns out to be mere words, turns out to be merely vain, turns out to be merely empty. For how indeed could one who is a human being know, or see, or realize a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones? That is impossible.'"
"But, student, does the brahmin Pokkharasāti Opamañña of Subhagavana Grove understand the minds of all ascetics and brahmins whatsoever, having encompassed them with his own mind?"
"Master Gotama, does the brahmin Pokkharasāti Opamañña of Subhagavana Grove even understand the mind of Puṇṇikā, his own slave-woman, having encompassed it with his mind? How then will he understand the minds of all ascetics and brahmins whatsoever, having encompassed them with his mind?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.