Digha Nikaya (Coleção dos Discursos Longos) 1:717
SUJATOSace tvaṁ, ānanda, tathāgataṁ yāceyyāsi, dveva te vācā tathāgato paṭikkhipeyya, atha tatiyakaṁ adhivāseyya.
If you had begged me, I would have turned you down twice, but consented on the third time.