[593] Athakho devadatto sapariso yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho devadatto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca bhagavā bhante anekapariyāyena appicchassa santuṭṭhassa sallekhassa dhūtassa pāsādikassa appaccayassa viriyārambhassa vaṇṇavādī imāni bhante pañca vatthūni anekapariyāyena appicchatāya santuṭṭhatāya sallekhāya dhūtāya pāsādikāya appaccayāya viriyārambhāya saṃvattanti sādhu bhante bhikkhū yāvajīvaṃ āraññakā assu yo gāmantaṃ osareyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ piṇḍapātikā assu yo nimantanaṃ sādiyeyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ paṃsukūlikā assu yo gahapaticīvaraṃ sādiyeyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ rukkhamūlikā assu yo channaṃ upagaccheyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ macchamaṃsaṃ na khādeyyuṃ yo macchamaṃsaṃ khādeyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyyāti . alaṃ devadatta yo icchati āraññako hotu yo icchati gāmante viharatu yo icchati piṇḍapātiko hotu Yo icchati nimantanaṃ sādiyatu yo icchati paṃsukūliko hotu yo icchati gahapaticīvaraṃ sādiyatu aṭṭhamāse kho mayā devadatta rukkhamūlasenāsanaṃ anuññātaṃ tikoṭiparisuddhaṃ macchamaṃsaṃ adiṭṭhaṃ assutaṃ aparisaṅkitanti.
[594] Athakho devadatto na bhagavā imāni pañca vatthūni anujānātīti haṭṭho udaggo sapariso uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi . athakho devadatto sapariso rājagahaṃ pavisitvā pañcahi vatthūhi janaṃ saññāpesi mayaṃ āvuso samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ upasaṅkamitvā pañca vatthūni yācimhā bhagavā bhante anekapariyāyena appicchassa santuṭṭhassa sallekhassa dhūtassa pāsādikassa appaccayassa viriyārambhassa vaṇṇavādī imāni bhante pañca vatthūni anekapariyāyena appicchatāya santuṭṭhatāya sallekhāya dhūtāya pāsādikāya appaccayāya viriyārambhāya saṃvattanti sādhu bhante bhikkhū yāvajīvaṃ āraññakā assu yo gāmantaṃ osareyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ piṇḍapātikā assu yo nimantanaṃ sādiyeyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ paṃsukūlikā assu yo gahapaticīvaraṃ sādiyeyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ rukkhamūlikā assu yo channaṃ upagaccheyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyya yāvajīvaṃ macchamaṃsaṃ na khādeyyuṃ yo macchamaṃsaṃ khādeyya vajjaṃ naṃ phuseyyāti imāni samaṇo gotamo Nānujānāti te mayaṃ imehi pañcahi vatthūhi samādāya vattāmāti.