At Sāvatthi.

While standing to one side, that deity recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:

"Those who have not understood the teachings, are led by others' views; They, being asleep, do not awaken, though it is time for them to awaken."

[The Blessed One]: "Those who have well understood the teachings, are not led by by others' views; They, awakened and fully understanding, fare evenly amidst the uneven."