[826] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati sītavane . tena kho pana samayena anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati rājagahaṃ anuppatto hoti kenacideva karaṇīyena . assosi kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati buddho kira loke uppannoti tāvadeva ca pana bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo hoti . atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa etadahosi akālo kho ajja bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ svedānāhaṃ kālena bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissāmīti . buddhagatāya satiyā nipajji rattiyā sudaṃ tikkhattuṃ vuṭṭhāsi pabhātanti maññamāno . atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena sīvathikadvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami . Amanussā dvāraṃ vivariṃsu.

[827] Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nagaramhā nikkhamantassa āloko antaradhāyi andhakāro pāturahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso udapādi . tato ca puna nivattitukāmo ahosi. Atha kho sivako yakkho antarahito saddaṃ anussāvesi sataṃ hatthī sataṃ assā sataṃ assatarī rathā sataṃ kaññāsahassāni āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā ekassa padavītihārassa kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ Abhikkama gahapati abhikkama gahapati abhikkamanante seyyo no paṭikkamananti. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa andhakāro antaradhāyi āloko pāturahosi yaṃ ahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso so paṭippassambhi.

[828] Dutiyampi kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa āloko antaradhāyi andhakāro pāturahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso udapādi . tato ca puna nivattitukāmo ahosi . dutiyampi kho sivako yakkho antarahito saddamanussāvesi sataṃ hatthī sataṃ assā .pe. kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ abhikkama gahapati abhikkama gahapati abhikkamanante seyyo no paṭikkamananti. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa andhakāro antaradhāyi āloko pāturahosi yaṃ ahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso so paṭippassambhi.

[829] Tatiyampi kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa āloko antaradhāyi andhakāro pāturahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso udapādi . tato ca puna nivattitukāmo ahosi . tatiyampi kho sivako yakkho antarahito saddamanussāvesi sataṃ hatthī sataṃ assā .pe. kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ abhikkama gahapati abhikkama gahapati abhikkamanante seyyo no paṭikkamananti. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa andhakāro antaradhāyi āloko pāturahosi yaṃ ahosi bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃso so paṭippassambhi.