sn35.103:5.1 Uddaka son of Rāma used to say:
sn35.103:5.2 ‘Hereupon, ever the knowledge master!
sn35.103:5.3 Hereupon, ever the conqueror of all!
sn35.103:5.4 Hereupon, ever the undug
sn35.103:5.5 boil’s root is dug out!’
sn35.103:5.6 Even though Uddaka son of Rāma was no knowledge master, he said ‘I’m a knowledge master.’ Though he was no conqueror of all, he said ‘I’m conqueror of all.’ And though the boil’s root was not dug out, he said ‘I’ve dug out the boil’s root.’
sn35.103:5.7 A mendicant might rightly say here:
sn35.103:5.8 ‘Hereupon, ever the knowledge master!
sn35.103:5.9 Hereupon, ever the conqueror of all!
sn35.103:5.10 Hereupon, ever the undug
sn35.103:5.11 boil’s root is dug out!’”