[670] Dwelling at Sāvatthī… "Bhikkhus, suppose there were four archers, firm-bowed, well trained, dexterous, practiced in their art, standing in the four directions. Then a man would come, thinking: 'I shall catch and bring back the arrows shot in the four directions by these four archers—firm-bowed, well trained, dexterous, practiced in their art—before they touch the ground.' What do you think, bhikkhus—would it be fitting to say of him: 'A swift man, endowed with supreme swiftness'?"
"Venerable sir, even if he could catch and bring back the arrow shot by a single archer—firm-bowed, well trained, dexterous, practiced in his art—before it touched the ground, it would be fitting to say of him: 'A swift man, endowed with supreme swiftness.' What need is there to speak of the arrows of four archers, firm-bowed, well trained, dexterous, practiced in their art?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.