ayaṃ kumāro saraṇamupeti buddhaṃ

.pe. Dhammaṃ .pe. Saṃghan"ti.

Bhagavā kumāraṃ rājapurisānaṃ adāsi "vaḍḍhetvā puna mameva dethā"ti. Evaṃ so kumāro rājapurisādīnaṃ hatthato yakkhassa hatthaṃ, yakkhassa hatthato bhagavato hatthaṃ, bhagavato hatthato puna rājapurisānaṃ hatthaṃ gatattā nāmato "hatthato āḷavako"ti jāto. Taṃ ādāya nivatte rājapurise disvā kasakavanakammikādayo "kiṃ yakkho kumāraṃ atidaharattā na icchatī"ti bhītā pucchiṃsu. Rājapurisā "mā bhāyatha, khemaṃ kataṃ bhagavatā"ti sabbamārocesuṃ tato "sādhu sādhū"ti sakalaṃ āḷavinagaraṃ ekakolāhalena yakkhābhimukhaṃ ahosi. Yakkhopi bhagavato bhikkhācārakāle anuppatte pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā upaḍḍhamaggaṃ āgantvā nivatti.

Atha bhagavā nagare piṇḍāya caritvā katabhattakicco nagaradvāre aññatarasmiṃ vivitte rukkhamūle paññattapavarabuddhāsane nisīdi. Tato mahājanakāyena saddhiṃ rājā ca nāgarā ca ekato sampiṇḍitvā bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamma vanditvā parivāretvā nisinnā "kathaṃ bhante evarūpaṃ dāruṇaṃ yakkhaṃ damayitthā"ti pucchiṃsu. Tesaṃ bhagavā yuddhamādiṃ katvā "evarūpaṃ navavidhaṃ vassaṃ vassi, evaṃ bhīsanakaṃ akāsi, evaṃ pañhaṃ pucchi, tassāhaṃ evaṃ vissajjesin"ti tamevāḷavakasuttaṃ kathesi. Gāthāpariyosāne caturāsītisahassānaṃ dhammābhisamayo ahosi. Tato rājā ca nagarā ca vessavaṇamahārājassa bhavanasamīpe yakkhassa bhavanaṃ katvā pupphagandhādisakkārapetaṃ niccaṃ baliṃ pavattesuṃ. Tañca kumāraṃ viññutaṃ pattaṃ "tvaṃ bhagavantaṃ