Devadattopi kho nava māse gilāno, pacchime kāle satthāraṃ daṭṭhukāmo hutvā attano sāvake "ahaṃ satthāraṃ daṭṭhukāmo, taṃ me dassethāti vatvā, tehi "tvaṃ samatthakāle satthārā saddhiṃ verī hutvā acari, na mayaṃ taṃ tattha nessāmāti vutte, "mā maṃ nāsetha, mayā satthari āghāto kato, satthu pana mayi kesaggamattopi āghāto natthīti. So hi bhagavā

vadhake devadattamhi core aṅgulimālake

dhanapāle rāhule ca sabbattha samamānasoti "dassetha me bhagavantanti punappunaṃ yāci. Atha naṃ te mañcakenādāya nikkhamiṃsu. Tassāgamanaṃ sutvā bhikkhū satthu ārocesuṃ "bhante devadatto kira tumhākaṃ dassanatthāya āgacchatīti. "na bhikkhave so tenattabhāvena maṃ passituṃ labhissatīti. Bhikkhū kira pañcannaṃ vatthūnaṃ āyācitakālato paṭṭhāya puna buddhe daṭṭhuṃ na labhanti, ayaṃ dhammatā. "asukaṭṭhānañca asukaṭṭhānañca āgato bhanteti āhaṃsu. "yaṃ icchati, taṃ karotu; na so maṃ passituṃ labhissatīti. "bhante

Ito yojanamattaṃ āgato, aḍḍhayojanaṃ, gāvutaṃ, pokkharaṇīsamīpaṃ āgato bhanteti. "sacepi antojetavanaṃ pavisati, neva maṃ passituṃ labhissatīti. Devadattaṃ gahetvā āgatā jetavanapokkharaṇītīre mañcaṃ otāretvā pokkharaṇiyaṃ nahāyituṃ otariṃsu. Devadattopi kho mañcato uṭṭhāya ubho pāde bhūmiyaṃ ṭhapetvā nisīdi. Te paṭhaviṃ pavisiṃsu. So anukkamena yāva gopphakā yāva jannukā yāva kaṭito yāva thanato yāva gīvato pavisitvā hanukaṭṭhikassa bhūmiyaṃ patiṭṭhitakāle gāthamāha