[847] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti. Bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[848] Bhagavā etadavoca bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave asurā deve abhiyaṃsu . atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi ete tāta suvīra asurā deve abhiyanti gaccha tāta suvīra asure paccuyyāhīti . evaṃ bhaddantavāti kho bhikkhave suvīro devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā pamādaṃ āpādesi . Dutiyampi kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi ete tāta suvīra asurā deve abhiyanti gaccha tāta suvīra asure paccuyyāhīti . evaṃ bhaddantavāti kho bhikkhave suvīro devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā dutiyampi pamādaṃ āpādesi . Tatiyampi kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ āmantesi ete tāta suvīra asurā deve abhiyanti gaccha tāta suvīra asure Paccuyyāhīti . evaṃ bhaddantavāti kho bhikkhave suvīro devaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā tatiyampi pamādaṃ āpādesi.

[849] Atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo suvīraṃ devaputtaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi anuṭṭhahaṃ avāyāmaṃ sukhaṃ yatrādhigacchati suvīra tattha gacchāhi mañca tattheva pāpayāti.

[850] Alasvāyaṃ anuṭṭhātā na ca kiccāni kāraye sabbakāmasamiddhassa tamme sakka varaṃ disāti.