[745] When this was said, the Venerable Sāriputta rose from his seat, arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, and, raising his joined palms in reverence toward the Blessed One, said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, we do not censure anything of the Blessed One, whether bodily or verbal. For the Blessed One, venerable sir, is the arouser of the unarisen path (magga), the producer of the unproduced path, the declarer of the undeclared path; he is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the one skilled in the path. And the disciples, venerable sir, now dwell following the path, becoming endowed with it afterwards. And I, venerable sir, invite (pavāremi) the Blessed One: does the Blessed One not censure anything of mine, whether bodily or verbal?"
"I do not censure anything of yours, Sāriputta, whether bodily or verbal. You are wise, Sāriputta; you are of great wisdom (paññā), Sāriputta; you are of wide wisdom, Sāriputta; you are of joyous wisdom, Sāriputta; you are of swift wisdom, Sāriputta; you are of sharp wisdom, Sāriputta; you are of penetrative wisdom, Sāriputta. Just as, Sāriputta, the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavattī) rightly keeps in motion the wheel set in motion by his father, even so, Sāriputta, do you rightly keep in motion the unsurpassed Wheel of Dhamma (dhammacakka) set in motion by me."
"If indeed, venerable sir, the Blessed One does not censure anything of mine, whether bodily or verbal, then, venerable sir, does the Blessed One not censure anything of these five hundred bhikkhus, whether bodily or verbal?"
"Of these five hundred bhikkhus too, Sāriputta, I do not censure anything, whether bodily or verbal. For of these five hundred bhikkhus, Sāriputta, sixty bhikkhus possess the three true knowledges (tevijjā), sixty bhikkhus possess the six direct knowledges (chaḷabhiññā), sixty bhikkhus are liberated in both ways (ubhatobhāgavimutta), while the rest are liberated by wisdom (paññāvimutta)."
Then the Venerable Vaṅgīsa rose from his seat, arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, and, raising his joined palms in reverence toward the Blessed One, said to the Blessed One: "An inspiration comes to me, Blessed One! An inspiration comes to me, Fortunate One (sugata)!" "Then let it come to you, Vaṅgīsa," the Blessed One said.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.