[1725] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave aññataro puriso rājagahā nikkhamitvā lokacintaṃ cintessāmīti yena sumāgadhā pokkharaṇī tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā sumāgadhāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre nisīdi lokacintaṃ cintento . addasā kho bhikkhave so puriso sumāgadhāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre caturaṅginiṃ senaṃ bhisamuḷālaṃ pavisantaṃ . disvānassa etadahosi ummattosmi nāmāhaṃ vicetosmi nāmāhaṃ yaṃ loke natthi taṃ mayā diṭṭhanti. {1725.1} Atha kho so bhikkhave puriso nagaraṃ pavisitvā mahājanakāyassa ārocesi ummattosmi nāmāhaṃ bhante vicetosmi nāmāhaṃ bhante yaṃ loke natthi taṃ mayā diṭṭhanti . Yathākathaṃ pana tvaṃ ambho purisa ummatto kathaṃ viceto kiñca loke natthi yantayā diṭṭhanti . idhāhaṃ bhante rājagahā nikkhamitvā lokacintaṃ cintessāmīti yena sumāgadhā pokkharaṇī tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā sumāgadhāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre nisīdiṃ lokacintaṃ cintento . addasaṃ khvāhaṃ bhante sumāgadhāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre caturaṅginiṃ senaṃ bhisamuḷālaṃ pavisantaṃ . evaṃ khvāhaṃ bhante ummatto evaṃ viceto idañca loke natthi yaṃ Mayā diṭṭhanti . taggha tvaṃ ambho purisa ummatto taggha viceto idañca loke natthi yaṃ tayā diṭṭhanti . taṃ kho pana bhikkhave so puriso bhūtaṃyeva addasa no abhūtaṃ.

[1726] Bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi . tasmiṃ kho pana bhikkhave saṅgāme devā jiniṃsu asurā parājiniṃsu . parājitā ca kho bhikkhave asurā bhītā bhisamuḷālena asurapuraṃ pavisiṃsu devānaṃyeva [1]- mohayamānā . tasmā tiha bhikkhave mā lokacintaṃ cintetha sassato lokoti vā asassato lokoti vā antavā lokoti vā anantavā lokoti vā taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīranti vā aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīranti vā hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vā na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vā hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vā neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇāti vā. Taṃ kissa hetu . nesā bhikkhave cintā atthasañhitā na ādibrahmacariyakā na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati.