[127] Tena kho pana samayena aññataro nāgo nāgayoniyā aṭṭiyati harāyati jigucchati . athakho tassa nāgassa etadahosi kena nu kho ahaṃ upāyena nāgayoniyā ca parimucceyyaṃ khippañca manussattaṃ paṭilabheyyanti . athakho tassa nāgassa etadahosi ime kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā dhammacārino samacārino brahmacārino saccavādino sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā sace kho ahaṃ samaṇesu sakyaputtiyesu pabbajeyyaṃ evāhaṃ nāgayoniyā ca parimucceyyaṃ khippañca manussattaṃ paṭilabheyyanti . athakho so nāgo māṇavakavaṇṇena bhikkhū upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṃ yāci . taṃ bhikkhū pabbājesuṃ upasampādesuṃ . tena kho pana samayena so nāgo aññatarena bhikkhunā saddhiṃ paccantime vihāre paṭivasati . athakho so bhikkhu rattiyā paccūsasamayaṃ paccuṭṭhāya ajjhokāse caṅkamati . athakho So nāgo tassa bhikkhuno nikkhante vissaṭṭho niddaṃ okkami . Sabbo vihāro ahinā puṇṇo . vātapānehi bhogā nikkhantā honti . athakho so bhikkhu vihāraṃ pavisissāmīti kavāṭaṃ paṇāmento addasa sabbaṃ vihāraṃ ahinā puṇṇaṃ vātapānehi bhoge nikkhante disvāna bhīto vissaramakāsi . bhikkhū upadhāvitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ etadavocuṃ kissa tvaṃ āvuso vissaramakāsīti . ayaṃ āvuso sabbo vihāro ahinā puṇṇo vātapānehi bhogā nikkhantāti . athakho so nāgo tena saddena paṭibujjhitvā sake āsane nisīdi . bhikkhū evamāhaṃsu kosi tvaṃ āvusoti . Ahaṃ bhante nāgoti. Kissa pana tvaṃ āvuso evarūpamakāsīti. {127.1} Athakho so nāgo bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi. Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ . athakho bhagavā etasmiṃ nidāne etasmiṃ pakaraṇe bhikkhusaṅghaṃ sannipātāpetvā taṃ nāgaṃ etadavoca tumhe khvattha nāgā aviruḷhidhammā imasmiṃ dhammavinaye gaccha tvaṃ nāga tattheva cātuddase paṇṇarase aṭṭhamiyā ca pakkhassa uposathaṃ upavasa evaṃ tvaṃ nāgayoniyā ca parimuccissasi khippañca manussattaṃ paṭilabhissasīti . athakho so nāgo aviruḷhidhammo kirāhaṃ imasmiṃ dhammavinayeti dukkhī dummano assūni pavattayamāno vissaraṃ karitvā pakkāmi . athakho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi dveme bhikkhave paccayā nāgassa sabhāvapātukammāya yadā ca sajātiyā methunaṃ Dhammaṃ paṭisevati yadā ca vissaṭṭho niddaṃ okkamati ime kho bhikkhave dve paccayā nāgassa sabhāvapātukammāya . tiracchānagato bhikkhave anupasampanno na upasampādetabbo upasampanno nāsetabboti.