dn2:27.1 And so, when I asked Pakudha Kaccāyana about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life, he answered with something else entirely.
dn2:27.2 It was like someone who, when asked about a mango, answered with a breadfruit, or when asked about a breadfruit, answered with a mango.
dn2:27.4 I thought:
dn2:27.5 ‘How on earth could one such as I presume to rebuke an ascetic or brahmin living in my realm?’
dn2:27.6 So I neither approved nor rejected that statement of Pakudha Kaccāyana.
dn2:27.7 I was displeased, but did not express my displeasure. Neither accepting what he said nor contradicting it, I rose from my seat and left.



