mil2:71.1 Atha kho devamantiyo rājānaṁ milindaṁ etadavoca—
BAGIAN 71
mil2:71.2 “āgamehi tvaṁ, mahārāja;
mil2:71.3 atthi, mahārāja, nāgaseno nāma thero paṇḍito byatto medhāvī vinīto visārado bahussuto citrakathī kalyāṇapaṭibhāno atthadhammaniruttipaṭibhānapaṭisambhidāsu pāramippatto, so etarahi saṅkhyeyyapariveṇe paṭivasati, gaccha tvaṁ, mahārāja, āyasmantaṁ nāgasenaṁ pañhaṁ pucchassu, ussahati so tayā saddhiṁ sallapituṁ kaṅkhaṁ paṭivinetun”ti.
mil2:71.4 Atha kho milindassa rañño sahasā “nāgaseno”ti saddaṁ sutvāva ahudeva bhayaṁ, ahudeva chambhitattaṁ, ahudeva lomahaṁso.
mil2:71.5 Atha kho milindo rājā devamantiyaṁ etadavoca—
mil2:71.6 “ussahati bho nāgaseno bhikkhu mayā saddhiṁ sallapitun”ti?
mil2:71.7 “Ussahati, mahārāja, api indayamavaruṇakuverapajāpatisuyāmasantusitalokapālehipi pitupitāmahena mahābrahmunāpi saddhiṁ sallapituṁ, kimaṅgaṁ pana manussabhūtenā”ti.