Suddhika Bhāradvāja untranslated

Suddhika Bhāradvāja. A Brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the Vedas. The Buddha answered that it is not knowledge of runes, but the purity of heart of a man, which is important, of a man who has put forth effort to win supreme purity of conduct (SN.i.165).

Buddhaghosa says (SN­a.i.179) that the Brahmin was called Suddhika to distinguish him from other Bhāradvājas by the nature of his enquiry.