Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 46
Dhammacakkaṁ pavattetuṁ gacchāmi Kāsinaṁ puraṁ,
I go to Kāsī’s city 110 to set the Dhamma-Wheel rolling,
Andhabhūtasmiṁ lokasmiṁ āhañchaṁ Amatadundubhin.”-ti
I will beat the drum of the Deathless in a world that is blind.”
“Yathā kho tvaṁ āvuso paṭijānāsi Arahasi Anantajino!” ti
“It is as if you claim, friend, you are a Worthy One, an Infinite Victor!” 111
“Mādisā ve Jinā honti, ye pattā āsavakkhayaṁ.
“There are surely Victors like me, 112 who have attained the destruction of the
pollutants.
Jitā me pāpakā dhammā, tasmāham-Upakā Jino.” ti
I have been victorious over all wicked things, therefore, Upaka, I am a Victor.”
Evaṁ vutte Upako Ājīvako “Huveyyāvuso” ti vatvāna,
When this was said, the Abstainer Upaka, after saying: “It may be so, friend,” 113
sīsaṁ okampetvā ummaggaṁ gahetvā pakkāmi.
shaking his head, and taking the wrong path, 114 went away.
110 Kāsī is the state of which Bārāṇasī was the capital.
111 This is apparently said incredulously, although the words themselves do not really make it
clear.
112 This sounds odd here after the claims to uniqueness above.
113 The form Huveyya is a dialectical form that has been preserved here, which probably
marks it as an authentic remembrance. It is missing from Mahāvastu though.
114 Ummagga is evidently mentioned here in contrast to the Ariyamagga, Noble Path, which is
soon to be introduced.