[768] Ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā bhikkhū kosalesu viharanti aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe . atha kho te bhikkhū vassaṃ vutthā temāsaccayena cārikaṃ pakkamiṃsu.

[769] Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā te bhikkhū apassantī paridevamānā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi arati viya mejjaṃ khāyati bahuke disvāna vivitte āsane te cittakathā bahussutā kome gotamasāvakā gatāti.

[770] Evaṃ vutte aññatarā devatā taṃ devataṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi magadhaṃ gatā kosalaṃ gatā ekacciyā pana vajjibhūmiyā makaṭā viya saṅghacārino aniketā viharanti bhikkhavoti.