[289] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā kumārakassapo andhavane viharati . atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ andhavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāyasmā kumārakassapo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā āyasmantaṃ kumārakassapaṃ etadavoca bhikkhu bhikkhu ayaṃ vammiko rattiṃ dhūmāyati divā pajjalati brāhmaṇo evamāha abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti. {289.1} Abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa paliṅgaṃ paliṅgā bhanteti . brāhmaṇo evamāha ukkhipa paliṅgaṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti . abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa uddhumāyikaṃ uddhumāyikā bhanteti . brāhmaṇo evamāha ukkhipa uddhumāyikaṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti . abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa dvidhāpathaṃ dvidhāpatho bhanteti . Brāhmaṇo evamāha ukkhipa dvidhāpathaṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti. {289.2} Abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa paṅkavāraṃ paṅkavāro bhanteti . [5]- ukkhipa paṅkavāraṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti . abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa kummaṃ Kummo bhanteti . brāhmaṇo evamāha ukkhipa kummaṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti . abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa asisūnaṃ asisūnā bhanteti . brāhmaṇo evamāha ukkhipa asisūnaṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti . abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa maṃsapesiṃ maṃsapesi bhanteti . brāhmaṇo evamāha ukkhipa maṃsapesiṃ abhikkhana sumedha satthaṃ ādāyāti. {289.3} Abhikkhananto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa nāgaṃ nāgo bhanteti . brāhmaṇo evamāha tiṭṭhatu nāgo mā nāgaṃ ghaṭṭesi namo karohi nāgassāti . ime kho tvaṃ bhikkhu paṇṇarasaṃ pañhe bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā puccheyyāsi yathā te bhagavā byākaroti tathā naṃ dhāreyyāsi . nāhantaṃ bhikkhu passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yo imesaṃ pañhānaṃ veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ ārādheyya aññatra tathāgatena vā tathāgatasāvakena vā ito vā pana sutvāti . Idamavoca sā devatā idaṃ vatvā tattheva antaradhāyi.