Tadā sātāgirahemavatā bhagavantaṃ jetavaneyeva vanditvā "yakkhasamāgamaṃ gamissāmā"ti saparivārā nānāyānehi ākāsena gacchanti. Ākāse ca yakkhānaṃ

Āḷavakassa pana vimānaṃ bhūmaṭṭhaṃ suguttapākāraparikkhittaṃ susaṃvihitadvāraṭṭālakagopuraṃ upari kaṃsajālacchannaṃ mañjūsasadisaṃ tiyojanaṃ ubbedhena, tassa upari maggo hoti. Te taṃ padesamāgamma gantumasamatthā ahesuṃ. Buddhānaṃ hi nisinnokāsassa uparibhāgena yāva bhavaggā, tāva koci gantumasamattho. Te "kimidan"ti āvajjetvā bhagavantaṃ disvā ākāse khittaleḍḍu viya oruyha vanditvā dhammaṃ sutvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā "yakkhasamāgamaṃ gacchāma bhagavā"ti tīṇi vatthūni pasaṃsantā yakkhasamāgamaṃ agamaṃsu. Āḷavako te disvā "idha nisīdathā"ti paṭikkamma okāsamadāsi, te āḷavakassa nivedesuṃ "lābhā te āḷavaka, yassa te bhavane bhagavā viharati, gacchāvuso bhagavantaṃ payirupāsassū"ti. Evaṃ bhagavā bhavaneyeva vihāsi, na yasmiṃ nigrodhe āḷavakassa bhavanaṃ, tassa mūleti. Tena vuttaṃ "ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā āḷaviyaṃ viharati āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane"ti.

Atha kho āḷavako .pe. Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca "nikkhama samaṇā"ti kasmā panāyaṃ etadavocāti? vuccate:- rosetukāmatāya. Tatrevaṃ ādito pabhuti sambandho veditabbo:- ayaṃ hi yasmā assaddhassa saddhākathā dukkathā hoti dussīlādīnaṃ sīlādikathā viya, tasmā tesaṃ yakkhānaṃ santikā bhagavato pasaṃsaṃ sutvā eva vaggimhi pakkhittaloṇasakkharā viya abbhantare kopena taṭataṭāyamānahadayo hutvā "ko so bhagavā nāma, yo mama bhavanaṃ paviṭṭho"ti āha. Te āhaṃsu "na tvaṃ āvuso jānāsi bhagavantaṃ amhākaṃ satthāraṃ, yo tusitabhavane ṭhito pañca mahāvilokanāni viloketvā"tiādinā nayena yāva dhammacakkappavattanaṃ

So disvāpi kodhavasena "nāddasan"ti āha. Āvuso āḷavaka passeyyāsi vā tvaṃ, na vā, ko tayā attho passatā vā apassatā vā, kiṃ tvaṃ karissasi amhākaṃ satthuno, yo tvaṃ taṃ upaṇidhāya calakkakudhamahāusabhasamīpe tadahujātavacchako viya, tidhāpabhinnamattavāraṇasamīpe bhiṅkapotako viya, bhāsuravilambakesaraupasobhitakkhandhassa migarañño samīpe jarasigālo viya, diyaḍḍhayojanasatappavaḍḍhakāyasupaṇṇarājasamīpe chinnapakkhakākapotako viya khāyasi, gaccha yaṃ te karaṇīyaṃ, taṃ karohīti. Evaṃ vutte ruddho āḷavako uṭṭhahitvā manosilātale vāmapādena ṭhatvā "passatha dāni tumhākaṃ vā satthā mahānubhāvo, ahaṃ vā"ti dakkhiṇapādena saṭṭhiyojanamattaṃ kelāsapabbatakūṭaṃ akkami, taṃ ayokūṭapahaṭo viya niddhantaayopiṇḍo pappaṭikāyo muñci. So tatra ṭhatvā "ahaṃ āḷavako"ti ghosesi, sakalajambudīpaṃ saddo phari.