`dhammagaruko ayaṃ pālo nisinno sāsane ratoti.

Athassa etadahosi "sacāhaṃ evarūpassa pāpagarahino dhammagarukassa ayyassa santikaṃ na gamissāmi, muddhā me sattadhā phaleyya; gamissāmissa santikanti. Tato

sahassanetto devindo devarajjasirīdharo

taṃkhaṇena āgantvā, cakkhupālaṃ upāgami. Upagantvā ca pana therassāvidūre padasaddaṃ akāsi. Atha naṃ thero pucchi "ko esoti. "ahaṃ bhante addhikoti. "kuhiṃ yāsi upāsakāti. "sāvatthiyaṃ bhanteti. "yāhi āvusoti. "ayyo pana bhante kuhiṃ Gamissatīti. "ahaṃpi tattheva gamissāmīti. "tenahi ekatova gacchāma bhanteti. "ahaṃ dubbalo, mayā saddhiṃ gacchantassa tava papañco bhavissatīti. "mayhaṃ accāyikaṃ natthi; ahaṃpi ayyena saddhiṃ gacchanto dasasu puññakiriyāvatthūsu ekaṃ labhissāmi; ekatova gacchāma bhanteti. Thero "eso sappuriso bhavissatīti cintetvā "tenahi yaṭṭhikoṭiṃ gaṇha upāsakāti āha. Sakko tathā katvā paṭhaviṃ saṅkhipanto sāyaṇhasamaye jetavanaṃ sampāpesi. Thero saṅkhapaṇavādisadde sutvā "kattheso saddoti pucchi. "sāvatthiyaṃ bhanteti. "mayaṃ gamanakāle cirena gamimhāti. "ahaṃ ujukamaggaṃ jānāmi bhanteti. Tasmiṃ khaṇe thero "nāyaṃ manusso, devatā bhavissatīti sallakkhesi.