[251] Sāvatthiyaṃ ārāme ... atha kho candimaso devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[252] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho candimaso devaputto bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi te hi sotthiṃ gamissanti kacchevāmakase magā jhānāni upasampajja ekodinipakā satāti.

[253] Te hi pāraṃ gamissanti chetvā jālañca ambujo jhānāni upasampajja appamattā raṇañjahāti.