[548] **Why do the ascetics not speak in unison?** — "Why": why, for what cause, for what reason, from what condition, from what source, from what origin, from what birth, from what origination do they not speak in unison, but speak variously, speak in diverse ways, speak differently from one another, speak in manifold ways — speak, talk, declare, express? Hence, "Why do the ascetics not speak in unison?" Therefore that created image (nimmita, the mind-made Buddha-figure) said:
That which some say is true, is real,
that very thing others say is hollow, false;
having thus taken up (their positions), they dispute:
why do the ascetics not speak in unison?
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.