Taṁ devo makkhaliṁ gosālaṁ payirupāsatu.   Let Your Majesty pay homage to him.  
Appeva nāma devassa makkhaliṁ gosālaṁ payirupāsato cittaṁ pasīdeyyā”ti.  
Hopefully in so doing your mind will find peace.”  
3.2. Makkhaligosālavāda  
3.2. The Doctrine of the Bamboo-staffed Ascetic Gosāla  
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ahaṁ, bhante, makkhaliṁ gosālaṁ etadavocaṁ:  
When the greetings and polite conversation were over, I sat down to one side, and asked him the same question.  
‘yathā nu kho imāni, bho gosāla, puthusippāyatanāni …pe…  
 
sakkā nu kho, bho gosāla, evameva diṭṭheva dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṁ sāmaññaphalaṁ paññapetun’ti?  
 
So kho ahaṁ, bhante, makkhalissa gosālassa bhāsitaṁ neva abhinandiṁ nappaṭikkosiṁ.  
So I neither approved nor dismissed that statement of the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla.  

Abhijānāmahaṁ, bho gotama, makkhaliṁ gosālaṁ …pe…   I recall taking on the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla,  

nandaṁ vacchaṁ, kisaṁ saṅkiccaṁ, makkhaliṁ gosālan”ti.   Nanda Vaccha, Kisa Saṅkicca, and the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla.”  

Atha kho sahali devaputto makkhaliṁ gosālaṁ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:   Then the god Sahalī recited this verse about the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla in the Buddha’s presence: