3 Dhammadevaputtajātakaṃ.

Yasokaro puññakarohamasmīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devadattassa paṭhavippavesanaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Tadā hi bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ āvuso devadatto tathāgatena saddhiṃ paṭivirujjhitvā paṭhaviṃ paviṭṭhoti. Satthā āgantvā kāyanuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā imāyanāmāti vutte na idāni tāvesa bhikkhave mama jinacakke ca pahāraṃ datvā paṭhaviṃ paviṭṭho pubbepi dhammacakke pahāraṃ datvā paṭhaviṃ paviṭṭho avīciparāyano jātoti vatvā atītaṃ āhari

atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāmāvacaradevaloke dhammonāma devaputto hutvā nibbatti. Devadatto adhammonāma. Tesu dhammo dibbālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍito dibbarathavaramāruyha accharāgaṇaparivuto manussesu sāyamāsaṃ bhuñjitvā attano attano gharadvāresu sukhakathāya nisinnesu puṇṇamuposathadivase gāmanigamajanapadarājadhānīsu ākāse ṭhatvā pāṇātipātādīhi dasahi akusalakammapathehi viramitvā mātupaṭṭhānadhammaṃ pitupaṭṭhānadhammaṃ tividhasucaritadhammameva pūretha evaṃ saggaparāyanā hutvā mahantaṃ yasaṃ anubhavissathāti manusse dasa kusalakammapathe samādapento jambūdīpaṃ padakkhiṇaṃ karoti. Adhammo pana devaputto pāṇaṃ hanathāti ādinā nayena dasa akusalakammapathe samādapento jambūdīpaṃ vāmaṃ Karoti. Atha tesaṃ ākāse rathā sammukhā ahesuṃ. Atha tesaṃ parisā tumhe kassa tumhe kassāti pucchitvā mayaṃ dhammassāti mayaṃ dhammassāti vatvā maggā ukkamitvā dvidhā jātā. Dhammopi adhammaṃ āmantetvā samma tvaṃ adhammo ahaṃ dhammo maggo mayhaṃ anucchaviko tava rathaṃ ukkāmetvā mayhaṃ maggaṃ dehīti paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha