Evaṃ yakkho imāhi navahi vātavassapāsāṇapaharaṇaṅgārakukkulavālukakalalandhakāravuṭṭhīhi bhagavantaṃ palāpetumasakkonto nānāvidhapaharaṇahatthaanekappakārarūpabhūtagaṇasamākulāya caturaṅginiyā senāya sayameva bhagavantaṃ abhigato. Te bhūtagaṇā anekappakāre vikāre katvā "gaṇhatha hanathā"ti bhagavato upari āgacchantā viya honti, apica te niddhantalopiṇḍaṃ viya makkhikā, bhagavantaṃ allīyituṃ asamatthā eva ahesuṃ. Evaṃ santepi yathā bodhimaṇḍe māro āgatavelāyameva nivatto, tathā anivattitvā upaḍḍharattimattaṃ byākulamakaṃsu. Evaṃ upaḍḍharattimattaṃ anekappakāravibhiṃsanadassanamattenapi bhagavantaṃ cāletuṃ asakkonto āḷavako cintesi "yannūnāhaṃ kenaci ajeyyaṃ dussāvudhaṃ muñceyyan"ti.

Cattāri kira āvudhāni loke seṭṭhāni:- sakkassa vajirāvudhaṃ, vessavaṇassa gadāvudhaṃ, yamassa nayanāvudhaṃ, āḷavakassa dussāvudhanti. Yadi hi sakko kuddho vajirāvudhaṃ sinerumatthake pahareyya, aṭṭhasaṭṭhisahassādhikayojanasatasahassaṃ sineruṃ nivijjhitvā heṭṭhato gaccheyya. Vessavaṇena puthujjanakāle vissajjitā gadā bahunnaṃ yakkhasahassānaṃ sīlaṃ pātetvā puna hatthapāsaṃ āgantvā tiṭṭhati. Yamena ruddhena nayanāvudhena olokitamatte anekāni kumbhaṇḍasahassāni tattakapāle tiṇapalāsā viya vipphurantāni vinassanti. Āḷavako kuddho sace ākāse dussāvudhaṃ muñceyya, dvādasavassāni devo na vasseyya. Sace paṭhaviyaṃ muñceyya, sabbarukkhatiṇādīni sussitvā dvādasavassānantaraṃ na puna ruheyyuṃ. Sace samudde muñceyya, tattakapāle udakabindu viya sabbamudakaṃ susseyya. Sace

@3 cha.Ma. vessavanassa 4 cha.Ma. tilā viya Sinerusadise pabbate muñceyya, khaṇḍākhaṇḍaṃ hutvā vikireyya. So evaṃ mahānubhāvaṃ dussāvudhaṃ uttariyakataṃ muñcetvā aggahesi. Yebhuyyena dasasahassilokadhātudevatā vegena sannipatiṃsu "ajja bhagavā āḷavakaṃ damessati, tattha dhammaṃ sossāmā"ti yuddhadassanakāmāpi devatā sannipatiṃsu. Evaṃ sakalampi ākāsaṃ devatāhi puṇṇamahosi.