[659] The brahmin Sundarikabhāradvāja saw the Blessed One seated at the foot of a certain tree, covered up even to his head. On seeing him, he took the remnant of the oblation (habyasesa) in his left hand and the water-pot in his right hand and approached the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One, at the sound of the brahmin Sundarikabhāradvāja's footsteps, uncovered his head.
Then the brahmin Sundarikabhāradvāja, [thinking,] "This worthy is shaven; this worthy is a shaveling," wished to turn back from that very spot.
Then it occurred to the brahmin Sundarikabhāradvāja: "For some brahmins here are shaven too. Suppose I were to approach him and ask about his birth (jāti)."
Then the brahmin Sundarikabhāradvāja approached the Blessed One, and having approached, he said to the Blessed One: "Of what birth is the worthy one?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.