Evaṃ yakkho imāhi navahi vātavassapāsāṇapaharaṇaṅgārakukkulavālikakalalandhakāravuṭṭhīhi bhagavantaṃ palāpetuṃ asakkonto nānāvidhapaharaṇatthāya anekappakārarūpabhūtagaṇasamākulāya caturaṅginiyā senāya sayameva bhagavantaṃ abhigato, te bhūtagaṇā anekappakāre vikāre katvā "gaṇhatha hanathā"ti bhagavato upari āgacchantā viya honti, apica kho niddhantalohapiṇḍaṃ viya makkhikā, bhagavantaṃ allīyituṃ asamatthāva

@4 cha.Ma., i. accuṇhā kukkulā 5 cha.Ma., i. nipatiṃsu Ahesuṃ. Evaṃ santepi yathā bodhimaṇḍe māro āgatavelāyameva nivatto, tathā anivattitvā upaḍḍharattimattaṃ byākulamakaṃsu. Evaṃ upaḍḍharattimattaṃ anekappakāravibhiṃsanakadassanenapi bhagavantaṃ ca cāletuṃ asakkonto āḷavako cintesi "yannūnāhaṃ kenaci ajeyyaṃ dussāvudhaṃ muñceyyan"ti.

Cattāri kira āvudhāni lokasmiṃ seṭṭhāni:- sakkassa vajirāvudhaṃ vessavaṇṇassa gadāvudhaṃ yamassa nayanāvudhaṃ āḷavakassa dussāvudhanti. Yadi hi sakko ruddho vajirāvudhaṃ sinerumatthake pahareyya, aṭṭhasaṭṭhisahassādhikayojanasatasahassaṃ vinivijjhitvā heṭṭhato gaccheyya. Vessavaṇṇena kujjhanakāle vissajjitā gadā bahunnaṃ yakkhasahassānaṃ sīsaṃ pātetvā puna hatthapāsaṃ āgantvā tiṭṭhati. Yamena ruddhena nayanāvudhena olokitamattena anekāni kumbhaṇḍasahassāni tattakapāle tilā viya pharantāni vinassanti. Āḷavako ruddho sace ākāse dussāvudhaṃ muñceyya, dvādasavassāni devo na vasseyya. Sace paṭhaviyaṃ muñceyya. Sabbarukkhatiṇādīni sussitvā dvādasavassantare na puna virūheyyuṃ. Sace samudde muñceyya, tattakapāle udakabindu viya sabbamudakaṃ susseyya. Sace sinerusadisepi pabbate muñceyya, khaṇḍākhaṇḍaṃ hutvā vikireyya, so evaṃ mahānubhāvaṃ dussāvudhaṃ uttariyakataṃ muñcitvā aggahesi. Yebhuyyena dasasahassīlokadhātudevatā vegena sannipatiṃsu "ajja bhagavā āḷavakaṃ damessati, tattha dhammaṃ sossāmā"ti. Yuddhadassanakāmāpi devatā sannipatiṃsu. Evaṃ sakalaṃpi ākāsaṃ devatāhi puṇṇaṃ ahosi.