Rājā anujāni. Te tathā akaṃsu. Nagare dārakamātaro ca dārake gahetvā gabbhiniyo ca palāyitvā parajanapade dārake saṃvaḍḍhetvā ānenti. Evaṃ dvādasa vassāni gatāni.

Tato ekadivasaṃ sakalanagaraṃ vicinitvā ekaṃpi dārakaṃ alabhitvā amaccā rañño ārocesuṃ "natthi deva nagare dārako ṭhapetvā antepure tava puttaṃ āḷavakakumāran"ti. Rājā "yathā mama putto piyo, evaṃ sabbalokassa, attanā pana piyataraṃ natthi, gacchatha taṃpi datvā mama jīvitaṃ rakkhathā"ti. Tena ca samayena āḷavakakumārassa mātā puttaṃ nhāpetvā maṇḍetvā dukūlacumbaṭake katvā aṅke sayāpetvā nisinnā hoti. Rājapurisā rañño āṇāya tattha gantvā taṃ vippalapantiyā tassā soḷasannañca devisahassānaṃ saddhiṃ dhātiyā taṃ ādāya pakkamiṃsu "sve yakkhabhakkho bhavissatī"ti. Taṃdivasañca bhagavā paccūsasamaye paccuṭṭhāya jetavanavihāre mahāgandhakuṭiyaṃ mahākaruṇāsamāpattiṃ samāpajjitvā buddhacakkhunā lokaṃ volokento addasa āḷavakassa kumārassa anāgāmiphalupapattiyā upanissayaṃ yakkhassa ca sotāpattiphalupapattiyā, desanāpariyosāneva caturāsītiyā pāṇasahassānaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ paṭilābhassāti. So vibhātāya rattiyā purimabhattakiccaṃ katvā suniṭṭhitabhattakicco kāḷapakkhuposathadivase vattamāne okkante suriye eko adutiyo pattacīvaramādāya pādamatteneva sāvatthito tiṃsayojanāni gantvā tassa yakkhassa bhavanaṃ pāvisi. Tena vuttaṃ "āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane"ti.

Kiṃ pana bhagavā yasmiṃ nigrodhe āḷavakassa bhavanaṃ, tassa mūle vihāsi, udāhu bhavaneyevāti? bhavaneyeva. Yatheva hi yakkhā attano bhavanaṃ passanti, tathā bhagavāpi. So tattha gantvā bhavanadvāre aṭṭhāsi. Tadā āḷavako himavante yakkhasamāgamaṃ tato hoti. Tato āḷavakassa dvārapālo gadrabho nāma yakkho