[867] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme .pe.

[868] Bhagavā etadavoca bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi . atha kho bhikkhave vepacitti asurindo asure āmantesi sace mārisā devāsurasaṅgāme samupabyūḷhe Asurā jineyyuṃ devā parājineyyuṃ yena naṃ sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandhitvā mama santike āneyyātha asurapuranti . sakkopi kho bhikkhave devānamindo deve tāvatiṃse āmantesi sace mārisā devāsurasaṅgāme samupabyūḷhe devā jineyyuṃ asurā parājineyyuṃ yena naṃ vepacittiṃ asurindaṃ kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandhitvā mama santike āneyyātha sudhammaṃ sabhanti . tasmiṃ kho pana bhikkhave saṅgāme devā jiniṃsu asurā parājiniṃsu . Atha kho bhikkhave devā tāvatiṃsā vepacittiṃ asurindaṃ kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandhitvā sakkassa devānamindassa santike ānesuṃ sudhammaṃ sabhaṃ.

[869] Tatra sudaṃ bhikkhave vepacitti asurindo kaṇṭhapañcamehi bandhanehi bandho sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ sudhammaṃ sabhaṃ pavisantañca nikkhamantañca asabbhāhi pharusāhi vācāhi akkosati paribhāsati.

[870] Atha kho bhikkhave mātali saṅgāhako sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi bhayā nu maghavā sakka dubbalyena titikkhasi suṇanto pharusaṃ vācaṃ sammukhā vepacittinoti.