Terasanipātavaṇṇanā

1 ambajātakaṃ.

Āhāsi me ambaphalāni pubbeti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Devadatto hi ahaṃ buddho bhavissāmi mayhaṃ samaṇo gotamo neva ācariyo na upajjhāyoti ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya jhānā parihīno saṅghaṃ bhinditvā anupubbena sāvatthiṃ āgacchanto bahijetavane paṭhaviyā vivare dinne avīciṃ pāvisi. Tadā dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ āvuso devadatto ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya mahāvināsaṃ patto avīcimahāniraye nibbattoti. Satthā āgantvā kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā imāya nāmāti vutte na bhikkhave idāneva pubbepi devadatto ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya mahāvināsaṃ patto yevāti vatvā atītaṃ āhari