Tatiyaṃ devadūtanti ettha matakasatto atthato evaṃ vadati nāma "passatha bho maṃ āmakasusāne chaḍḍitaṃ uddhumātakādibhāvaṃ pattaṃ, maraṇatomhi aparimuttatāya ediso jāto. Na kho panāhameva, tumhepi maraṇato aparimuttā. Yatheva hi mayhaṃ, evaṃ tumhākampi maraṇaṃ āgamissati. Iti tassa pure āgamanāva kalyāṇaṃ karothā"ti. Tenevesa devadūto nāma jāto.

Imaṃ pana devadūtānuyogaṃ ko labhati, ko na labhati? yena tāva bahuṃ pāpaṃ Kataṃ, so gantvā niraye nibbattatiyeva. Yena pana parittaṃ pāpaṃ kataṃ, so labhati. Yathā hi sabhaṇḍaṃ coraṃ gahetvā kattabbameva karonti na vinicchinanti. Anuvijjhitvā gahitaṃ pana vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ nayanti, so vinicchayaṃ labhati. Evaṃ sampadameta. Parittapāpakammā hi attano dhammatāyapi saranti. Sāriyamānāpi saranti.

Tattha dīghajayantadamiḷo nāma attano dhammatāya sari. So kira damiḷo sumanagirimahāvihāre ākāsacetiyaṃ rattapaṭṭena pūjesi, atha nirayaussadasāmante nibbatto aggijālasaddaṃ sutvāva attanā pūjitapaṭṭaṃ anussari, so gantvā sagge nibbatto. Aparopi puttassa daharabhikkhuno khalisāṭakaṃ dento pādamūle ṭhapesi, maraṇakālamhi paṭapaṭāti sadde nimittaṃ gaṇhi, sopi ussadasāmante nibbatto jālasaddena taṃ sāṭakaṃ anussaritvā sagge nibbatto. Evaṃ tāva attano dhammatāya kusalakammaṃ saritvā sagge nibbattanti 3-.