[442] Ajita, Tissametteyya,
Puṇṇaka, and then Mettagū,
Dhotaka and Upasīva,
Nanda, and then Hemaka,
the two, Todeyya and Kappa,
and Jatukaṇṇī the wise,
Bhadrāvudha and Udaya,
and Posāla the brahmin too,
Mogharāja the intelligent,
and Piṅgiya, the great seer —
these approached the Buddha,
the seer of consummate conduct (caraṇa);
asking subtle questions,
they came to the supreme Buddha.
The Buddha answered the questions
they asked, in accordance with truth;
by his answering of the questions
the Sage (muni) satisfied the brahmins.
Satisfied by the One with Vision,
the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun (ādiccabandhu),
they lived the holy life (brahmacariya)
in the presence of the one of excellent wisdom.
Whoever should practice in accordance
with what was taught by the Buddha
concerning each single question
would go from the near shore to the far shore;
he would go from the near shore to the far shore,
developing the supreme path (magga).
That path is for going to the far shore;
therefore it is called "Pārāyana" — the Way to the Far Shore.
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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.