[238] Atha kho tāyano devaputto purāṇatitthakaro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[239] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho tāyano devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi chinda sotaṃ parakkamma kāme panūda brāhmaṇa nappahāya muni kāme nekattamupapajjati kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ daḷhamenaṃ parakkame sithilo hi paribbājo bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ Akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ seyyo pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṃ katañca sukataṃ seyyo yaṃ katvā nānutappati kuso yathā duggahito hatthamevānukantati sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati yaṅkiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ na taṃ hoti mahapphalanti. Idamavoca tāyano devaputto idaṃ vatvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

[240] Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi imaṃ bhikkhave rattiṃ tāyano nāma devaputto purāṇatitthakaro abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho tāyano devaputto mama santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi chinda sotaṃ parakkamma kāme panūda brāhmaṇa nappahāya muni kāme nekattamupapajjati kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ daḷhamenaṃ parakkame sithilo hi paribbājo bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ seyyo pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṃ katañca sukataṃ seyyo yaṃ katvā nānutappati Kuso yathā duggahito hatthamevānukantati sāmaññaṃ dupparāmaṭṭhaṃ nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati yaṅkiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ saṅkassaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ na taṃ hoti mahapphalanti. Idamavoca bhikkhave tāyano devaputto idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi uggaṇhātha bhikkhave tāyanagāthā pariyāpuṇātha bhikkhave tāyanagāthā dhāretha bhikkhave tāyanagāthā atthasañhitā bhikkhave tāyanagāthā ādibrahmacariyakāti.