Vassakāra visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and asks him a series of questions. The Buddha, in answer, says that a bad man cannot, as a good man can, recognise either a good man or a bad man as such. Vassakāra then relates how, once, the followers of the brahmin Todeyya spoke ill of Eleyya and his retinue for showing homage to Uddaka-Rāmaputta; he now understands why they honour Rāmaputta; it is because he is wiser than they. A.ii.179 f.