[778] Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā nāgadatto kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgadatto atikālena gāmaṃ pavisati atidivā paṭikkamati.

[779] Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā āyasmato nāgadattassa anukampikā atthakāmā āyasmantaṃ nāgadattaṃ saṃvejetukāmā yenāyasmā nāgadatto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ nāgadattaṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi kāle pavissa nāgadatta divā ca āgantvā ativelacārī saṃsaṭṭho gahaṭṭhehi samānasukhadukkho bhāyāmi nāgadattaṃ supagabbhaṃ kulesu vinibaddhaṃ māheva maccurañño balavato antakassa vasamesīti . Atha kho āyasmā nāgadatto tāya devatāya saṃvejito saṃvegamāpādīti.