@7 cha.Ma. mudubhūtacittavavatthānakaraṇatthaṃ 8 cha.Ma., i. pakatiyāpi 9 cha.Ma. kiñci Upalāḷetvā pāyeti, tathā bhagavā yakkhaṃ lokuttaradhammakhīraṃ pāyetuṃ tassa kathitavacanakaraṇena upalāḷento evamakāsi. Yathā ca puriso lābumhi catumadhuraṃ pūretukāmo tassa abbhantaraṃ sodheti, evaṃ bhagavā yakkhassa citte lokuttaracatumadhuraṃ pūretukāmo tassabbhantare kodhamalaṃ sodhetuṃ yāva tatiyaṃ nikkhamanapavisanaṃ akāsi.

Athāḷavako "subbaco ayaṃ samaṇo, `nikkhamā'ti vutto nikkhamati, `pavisā'ti vutto pavisati, yannūnāhaṃ imaṃ samaṇaṃ evameva sakalarattiṃ kilametvā pāde gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipeyyan"ti pāpakaṃ cittaṃ uppādetvā catutthavāraṃ āha nikkhama samaṇāti. Taṃ ñatvā bhagavā na khvāhantanti āha. Evaṃ vutte taduttarikaraṇīyaṃ pariyesamāno pañhaṃ pucchitabbaṃ maññissati, taṃ dhammakathāya sukhaṃ bhavissatīti ñatvā na khvāhantanti āha. Tattha naiti paṭikkhepe. Khoti avadhāraṇe. Ahanti attanidassanaṃ. Tanti hetuvacanaṃ. Tenevettha "yasmā tvaṃ evaṃ cintesi, tasmā ahaṃ āvuso neva nikkhamissāmi, yaṃ te karaṇīyaṃ, taṃ karohī"ti evamattho daṭṭhabbo.

Tato āḷavako yasmā pubbepi ākāsena gamanavelāyaṃ "kiṃ nu kho evaṃ suvaṇṇavimānaṃ, udāhu rajatamaṇivimānānaṃ aññataraṃ, handa naṃ passāmā"ti evaṃ attano vimānaṃ āgate iddhimante tāpasaparibbājake pañhaṃ pucchitvā vissajjetuṃ asakkonte cittakkhepādīhi viheṭheti, tasmā bhagavantaṃpi tathā viheṭhessāmīti maññamāno pañhaṃ tantiādimāha.

Kuto panassa pañhoti? tassa kira mātāpitaro kassapabhagavantaṃ Payirupāsitvā aṭṭha pañhe saha vissajjanena uggahesuṃ, te daharakāle āḷavakaṃ pariyāpuṇāpesuṃ, so kālaccayena vissajjanaṃ sammussi. Tato "ime pañhāpi mā vinassantū"ti suvaṇṇapaṭṭe jātihiṅgulakena lekhāpetvā vimāne nikkhipi. Evameva te puṭṭhapañhā buddhavisayāva honti. Bhagavā taṃ sutvā yasmā buddhānaṃ