[838] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā āḷaviyaṃ viharati āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane . atha kho āḷavako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca nikkhama samaṇāti . sādhāvusoti bhagavā nikkhami . pavisa samaṇāti . Sādhāvusoti bhagavā pāvisi . dutiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca nikkhama samaṇāti . sādhāvusoti bhagavā nikkhami . pavisa samaṇāti . sādhāvusoti bhagavā pāvisi . tatiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca nikkhama samaṇāti . sādhāvusoti bhagavā nikkhami. Pavisa samaṇāti. Sādhāvusoti bhagavā pāvisi.

[839] Catutthampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca nikkhama samaṇāti . na khvāhaṃ āvuso nikkhamissāmi yante karaṇīyaṃ taṃ karohīti . pañhaṃ taṃ samaṇa pucchissāmi sace me na byākarissasi cittaṃ vā te khipissāmi hadayaṃ vā te phālessāmi pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipissāmīti . na khvāhantaṃ āvuso passāmi sadevake loke Samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yo me cittaṃ vā khipeyya hadayaṃ vā phāleyya pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipeyya apica tvaṃ āvuso puccha yadākaṅkhasīti.

[840] Kiṃsūdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ kiṃsu suciṇṇaṃ sukhamāvahāti kiṃsu have sādhutaraṃ rasānaṃ kathaṃjīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhanti.

[841] Saddhīdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti saccaṃ have sādhutaraṃ rasānaṃ paññājīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhanti.