Atha āḷavako bhagavato samīpe uparūpari vicaritvā vatthāvudhaṃ muñci, taṃ asanicakkaṃ viya ākāse bheravasaddaṃ karontaṃ dhūmāyantaṃ pajjalantaṃ bhagavantaṃ patvā yakkhassa mānamaddanatthaṃ pādapuñchanacoḷakaṃ hutvā pādamūle nipati. Āḷavako taṃ disvā chinnavisāṇo viya mahāusabho, udadhaṭadāṭho viya sappo nittejo nimmato nīhaṭamānaddhajo hutvā cintesi "dussāvudhampi samaṇaṃ nābhitosi, kiṃ nu kho kāraṇan"ti. Idaṃ kāraṇaṃ, mettāvihārayutto samaṇo, handa naṃ rosetvā mettāya viyojessāmīti. Iminā sambandhenetaṃ vuttaṃ "atha kho āḷavako yakkho yena bhagavā .pe. Nikkhama samaṇā"ti. Tatrāyamadhippāyo:- yasmā mayā ananuññāto mama bhavanaṃ pavisitvā gharasāmiko viya itthāgārassa majjhe nisinnosi, nanu ayuttametaṃ samaṇassa yadidaṃ adinnaparibhogo itthisaṃsaggo ca, tasmā yadi tvaṃ samaṇadhamme ṭhito, nikkhama samaṇāti. Eke pana "etāni aññāni ca pharusavacanāni vatvā evāyaṃ etadavocā"ti bhaṇanti.

Atha bhagavā "yasmā thaddho paṭithaddhabhāvena vinetuṃ na sakkā, so hi paṭithaddhabhāve kariyamāne seyyathāpi caṇḍassa kukkurassa nāsāya pittaṃ bhindeyya, so bhiyyoso mattāya caṇḍataro assa, evaṃ thaddhataro hoti, mudunā pana so sakkā vinetun"ti ñatvā "sādhāvuso"ti piyavacanena tassa vacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā nikkhami. Tena vuttaṃ "sādhāvusoti bhagavā nikkhamī"ti.

@3 cha.Ma. nipatitamānadadhajo 4 ka. nābhatosi 5 cha.Ma. kasmā