[313] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . atha kho sambahulā nānātitthiyasāvakā A. bhattiko. Devaputtā asamo ca sahalī ca niko ca ākoṭako ca veṭambarī ca māṇavagāmiyo ca abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ veḷuvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.

[314] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho asamo devaputto pūraṇaṃ kassapaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi idha chinditamārite hatajānīsu kassapo na pāpaṃ samanupassati puññaṃ vā pana attano sa ve vissāsamācikkhi satthā arahati mānananti .

[315] Atha kho sahalī devaputto makkhaliṃ gosālaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi tapojigucchāya susaṃvutatto vācaṃ pahāya kalahaṃ janena samo savajjā virato saccavādī nahi nūna tādī pakaroti pāpanti.

[316] Atha kho niko devaputto niganthaṃ nāṭaputtaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi Jegucchi nipako bhikkhu cātuyāmasusaṃvuto diṭṭhaṃ sutañca ācikkhaṃ nahi nūna kibbisī siyāti.