[25] Setting at Sāvatthī. Then several bhikkhus approached the Blessed One; having approached, they paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, those bhikkhus said this to the Blessed One: "Here, venerable sir, wanderers of other sects (aññatitthiyā paribbājakā) ask us thus: 'For what purpose, friends, is the holy life (brahmacariya) lived under the ascetic Gotama?' Being asked thus, venerable sir, we answer those wanderers of other sects thus: 'It is, friends, for the full understanding (pariññā) of suffering (dukkha) that the holy life is lived under the Blessed One.' When we are asked thus and answer thus, venerable sir, do we speak in accordance with what the Blessed One has said, and not misrepresent the Blessed One with what is untrue? Do we answer in accordance with the Dhamma, so that no legitimate consequence of our assertion (sahadhammiko vādānuvādo) comes to a position deserving of blame?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.