[5] Standing to one side, that deity (devatā) said this to the Blessed One:
"Do you know, dear sir (mārisa), the emancipation (nimokkha), release (pamokkha), and seclusion (viveka) of beings?"
"I do know, friend (āvuso), the emancipation, release,⁴ and seclusion of beings."
"But in what way, dear sir, do you know the emancipation, release, and seclusion of beings?"
[Variant-reading notes of the Siam Raṭṭha edition — Sī. = Sinhalese ed.; Ma. = Burmese ed.; Yu. = European (PTS) ed. Notes 1–3 anchor in the preceding item on this page; only note 4 anchors within this item:]
#1 Yu.: "yadā svāhaṃ āvuso āyūhāmi"; Ma.: "yadāhaṃ āyūhāmi."
#2 Ma., Yu.: "nibbuyhāmi." 3 Sī.: "samanuññāto." 4 Sī.: "pāmokkhaṃ."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.