[266] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye . atha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ añjanavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[267] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca nandasi samaṇāti . kiṃ laddhā āvusoti . tena hi samaṇa socasīti. Kiṃ jīyittha āvusoti . tena hi samaṇa neva nandasi neva socasīti. Evamāvusoti.

[268] Kacci tvaṃ anigho bhikkhu kacci nandi na vijjati kacci tamekamāsīnaṃ aratī nābhikīratīti.

[269] Anigho ve ahaṃ yakkha atho nandi na vijjati atho mamekamāsīnaṃ aratī nābhikīratīti.