[379] Mā kuñjara nāgamāsado dukkhaṃ hi kuñjara nāgamāsado. Na hi nāgahatassa kuñjara sugati hoti ito paraṃ yato. Mā ca mado mā ca pamādo na hi pamattā sugatiṃ vajanti te. Tvaññeva tathā karissasi yena tvaṃ sugatiṃ gamissasīti.

[380] Athakho nāḷāgiri hatthī soṇḍāya bhagavato pādapaṃsūni gahetvā uparimuddhani ākiritvā paṭikuṭito paṭisakki yāva bhagavantaṃ adakkhi . athakho nāḷāgiri hatthī hatthisālaṃ gantvā sakaṭṭhāne aṭṭhāsi. Tathādanto ca pana nāḷāgiri hatthiṃ ahosi.

[381] Tena kho pana samayena manussā imaṃ gāthaṃ gāyanti daṇḍeneke damayanti aṅkusehi kasāhi ca. Adaṇḍena asatthena nāgo danto mahesināti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti yāva pāpo ayaṃ devadatto alakkhiko yatra hi nāma samaṇassa gotamassa evaṃmahiddhikassa evaṃmahānubhāvassa vadhāya parakkamissatīti . devadattassa lābhasakkāro parihāyi. Bhagavato ca lābhasakkāro abhivaḍḍhi.

[382] Tena kho pana samayena devadatto parihīnalābhasakkāro sapariso kulesu viññāpetvā viññāpetvā bhuñjati . manussā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā kulesu viññāpetvā viññāpetvā bhuñjissanti kassa sampannaṃ na manāpaṃ kassa sāduṃ na ruccatīti . assosuṃ kho bhikkhū tesaṃ manussānaṃ ujjhāyantānaṃ khīyantānaṃ vipācentānaṃ . ye te bhikkhū appicchā .pe. te ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṃ hi nāma devadatto sapariso kulesu viññāpetvā viññāpetvā bhuñjissatīti . bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ .pe. saccaṃ kira tvaṃ devadatta sapariso kulesu viññāpetvā viññāpetvā bhuñjasīti . saccaṃ bhagavāti .pe. vigarahitvā dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi tenahi bhikkhave bhikkhūnaṃ kulesu tikabhojanaṃ paññāpessāmi tayo atthavase paṭicca dummaṅkūnaṃ puggalānaṃ Niggahāya pesalānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ phāsuvihārāya mā bhikkhū pāpicchā pakkhaṃ nissāya saṅghaṃ bhindeyyunti kulānudayatāya ca gaṇabhojane yathādhammo kāretabboti.