[243] Oṭṭhaddha the Licchavi too, together with a large assembly of Licchavis, approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down to one side. Seated to one side, Oṭṭhaddha the Licchavi said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, in days past, and earlier still, Sunakkhatta the Licchavi son approached me and, having approached, said this to me: 'Mahāli, from the time I began living in dependence on the Blessed One—not long, three years—I see divine forms that are pleasing, connected with sensuality, provocative of lust; but I do not hear divine sounds that are pleasing, connected with sensuality, provocative of lust.' Venerable sir, those divine sounds—pleasing, connected with sensuality, provocative of lust—which Sunakkhatta the Licchavi son did not hear: do they really exist, or do they not exist?"
"They do exist, Mahāli—those divine sounds, pleasing, connected with sensuality, provocative of lust, which Sunakkhatta the Licchavi son did not hear; they are not non-existent."
"What then, venerable sir, is the cause, what is the condition, whereby Sunakkhatta the Licchavi son did not hear the divine sounds—pleasing, connected with sensuality, provocative of lust—which really do exist and are not non-existent?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.