Tattha sahadhammikanti sahetukaṃ sakāraṇaṃ. Vajiraṃ pāṇimhi assāti vajirapāṇi. Yakkhoti na yo vā so vā yakkho, so sakko devarājāti veditabbo. Ādittanti aggivaṇṇaṃ. Sampajjalitanti suṭṭhu pajjalitaṃ. Sajotibhūtanti samantato jotibhūtaṃ, ekaggijālabhūtanti attho. Ṭhito hotīti mahantaṃ sīsaṃ, kadalimakulasadisā dāṭhā, bhayānakāni akkhināsādīnīti evaṃ virūparūpaṃ māpetvā ṭhito. Kasmā panesa āgatoti? diṭṭhivissajjāpanatthaṃ. Apica "ahañceva kho pana dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ, pare ca me na ājāneyyun"ti evaṃ dhammadesanāya appossukkabhāvaṃ āpanne bhagavati sakko mahābrahmunā saddhiṃ āgantvā "bhagavā dhammaṃ desetha, tumhākaṃ āṇāya avattamāne mayaṃ vattāpessāma, tumhākaṃ dhammacakkaṃ hotu, amhākaṃ āṇācakkan"ti paṭiññaṃ akāsi. Tasmā "ajja saccakaṃ tāsetvā pañhaṃ vissajjāpessāmī"ti āgato.

Bhagavā ceva passati, saccako ca nigaṇṭhaputtoti yadi hi taṃ aññepi passeyyuṃ, taṃ kāraṇaṃ agaru assa, "samaṇo gotamo saccakaṃ attano vāde anotarantaṃ ñatvā yakkhaṃ āvāhetvā dassesi, tato saccako bhayena kathesī"ti vadeyyuṃ. Tasmā bhagavā ceva passati saccako ca. Tassa taṃ disvāva sakalasarīrato sedā mucciṃsu, antokucchi viparivattamānā mahāravaṃ ravi. So "aññepi nu kho passantī"ti olokento kassaci lomahaṃsamattaṃpi na addasa. Tato "idaṃ bhayaṃ mameva uppannaṃ. Sacāhaṃ yakkhoti vakkhāmi, `kiṃ tuyhameva akkhīni atthi, tvameva yakkhaṃ passasi, paṭhamaṃ yakkhaṃ adisvā samaṇena gotamena vādasaṅghāṭe khittova yakkhaṃ passasī'ti vadeyyun"ti cintetvā "na dāni me idha aññaṃ paṭisaraṇaṃ atthi, aññatra samaṇā gotamā"ti maññamāno athakho saccako nigaṇṭhaputto .pe. Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca. Tāṇaṃ gavesīti tāṇanti gavesamāno. Leṇaṃ gavesīti leṇanti gavesamāno. Saraṇaṃ gavesīti saraṇanti gavesamāno. Ettha ca tāyati rakkhatīti tāṇaṃ. Nilīyanti etthāti leṇaṃ. Saratīti saraṇaṃ, bhayaṃ hiṃsati viddhaṃsetīti attho.