[609] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate acirapakkante devadatte . atha kho brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ Gijjhakūṭaṃ [1]- obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

[610] Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho brahmā sahampati devadattaṃ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi phalaṃ ve kaddaliṃ hanti phalaṃ veḷuṃ phalaṃ naḷaṃ sakkāro kāpurisaṃ hanti gabbho assatariṃ yathāti.