[877] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho .pe.

[878] Bhagavā etadavoca bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi . atha kho bhikkhave vepacitti asurindo sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ etadavoca hotu devānaminda subhāsitena jayoti . Hotu vepacitti subhāsitena jayoti . atha kho bhikkhave devā ca asurā ca pārisajje ṭhapesuṃ ime no subhāsitaṃ dubbhāsitaṃ ājānissantīti . Atha kho bhikkhave vepacitti asurindo sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ etadavoca bhaṇa devānaminda gāthanti . evaṃ vutte bhikkhave sakko devānamindo vepacittiṃ asurindaṃ etadavoca tumhe khvettha vepacitti pubbadevā bhaṇa vepacitti gāthanti.

[879] Evaṃ vutte bhikkhave vepacitti asurindo imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi bhiyyo bālā pakujjheyyuṃ no cassa paṭisedhako tasmā bhusena daṇḍena dhīro bālaṃ nisedhayeti. Bhāsitāya kho pana bhikkhave vepacittinā asurindena gāthāya asurā anumodiṃsu devā tuṇhī ahesuṃ . atha kho bhikkhave vepacitti asurindo sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ etadavoca bhaṇa devānaminda gāthanti.

[880] Evaṃ vutte bhikkhave sakko devānamindo imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi etadeva ahaṃ maññe bālassa paṭisedhanaṃ paraṃ saṅkupitaṃ ñatvā yo sato upasammatīti. Bhāsitāya kho pana bhikkhave sakkena devānamindena gāthāya devā anumodiṃsu asurā tuṇhī ahesuṃ . atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo vepacittiṃ asurindaṃ etadavoca bhaṇa vepacitti gāthanti.