[855] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti. Bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[856] Bhagavā etadavoca bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave asurā deve abhiyaṃsu . atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo susimaṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi ete tāta susima asurā deve abhiyanti gaccha tāta susima asure paccuyyāhīti . evaṃ bhaddantavāti kho bhikkhave susimo devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā pamādaṃ āpādesi . dutiyampi kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo susimaṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi .pe. dutiyampi pamādaṃ āpādesi . tatiyampi kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo susimaṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi ete tāta susima asurā deve abhiyanti gaccha tāta susima asure paccuyyāhīti . evaṃ bhaddantavāti kho bhikkhave susimo devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā tatiyampi pamādaṃ āpādesi.

[857] Atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo susimaṃ devaputtaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi Anuṭṭhahaṃ avāyāmaṃ sukhaṃ yatrādhigacchati susima tattha gacchāhi mañca tattheva pāpayāti.

[858] Alasvāyaṃ anuṭṭhātā na ca kiccāni kāraye sabbakāmasamiddhassa taṃ me sakka varaṃ disāti.