Māgandiyā tāsaṃ kiñci kātuṃ asakkuṇitvā "samaṇassa gotamasseva kattabbaṃ karissāmīti nāgarānaṃ lañcaṃ datvā "samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ antonagaraṃ pavisitvā carantaṃ dāsakammakaraporisehi saddhiṃ akkositvā paribhāsitvā palāpethāti. Micchādiṭṭhikā tīsu ratanesu appasannā antonagaraṃ paviṭṭhaṃ satthāraṃ anubandhitvā "corosi bālosi mūḷhosi oṭṭhosi goṇosi gadrabhosi nerayikosi tiracchānagatosi, natthi tuyhaṃ sugati, duggatiyeva tuyhaṃ pāṭikaṅkhāti dasahi akkosavatthūhi akkosanti paribhāsanti. Taṃ sutvā āyasmā ānando satthāraṃ etadavoca "bhante ime nāgarā amhe akkosanti paribhāsanti, ito aññattha gacchāmāti. "kuhiṃ ānandāti. "aññaṃ nagaraṃ bhanteti. "tattha manussesu akkosantesu, puna kattha gamissāma ānandāti. "tatopi aññaṃ nagaraṃ bhanteti. "tattha manussesu akkosantesu, kuhiṃ gamissāmāti. "tato aññaṃ nagaraṃ bhanteti. "ānanda na evaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati; yattha adhikaraṇaṃ uppannaṃ, tattheva tasmiṃ vūpasante, aññattha gantuṃ vaṭṭati; ke pana te ānanda akkosantīti. "bhante dāsakammakare upādāya sabbe akkosantīti. "ahaṃ ānanda saṅgāmaṃ otiṇṇahatthisadiso, saṅgāmaṃ otiṇṇahatthino hi catūhi disāhi āgate sare sahituṃ bhāro, tatheva bahūhi dussīlehi kathitakathānaṃ sahanaṃ nāma mayhaṃ bhāroti vatvā attānaṃ ārabbha dhammaṃ desento imā nāgavagge tisso gāthā abhāsi

"ahaṃ nāgova saṅgāme cāpato patitaṃ saraṃ

ativākyaṃ titikkhissaṃ, dussīlo hi bahujjano.

Dantaṃ nayanti samitiṃ, dantaṃ rājābhirūhati,