Tena kammavipākena idha pacchimake bhave

vadhatthaṃ maṃ devadatto abhimāre payojayī"ti.

Sattamapañhe:- nāḷāgirīti dhanapālako hatthī māraṇatthāya pesito. Atīte kira bodhisatto hatthigopako hutvā nibbatto hatthiṃ āruyha vicaramāno mahāpathe paccekabuddhaṃ disvā "kuto āgacchati ayaṃ muṇḍako"ti āhatacitto khilajāto hatthinā āsādesi. So tena kammena apāyesu anekavassasahassāni dukkhaṃ anubhavitvā pacchimattabhāve buddho jāto. Devadatto ajātasatturājānaṃ sahāyaṃ katvā "tvaṃ mahārāja pitaraṃ ghātetvā rājā hohi, ahaṃ buddhaṃ māretvā buddho bhavissāmī"ti saññāpetvā ekadivasaṃ rañño anuññātāya hatthisālaṃ gantvā "sve tumhe nāḷāgiriṃ soḷasasurāghaṭe pāyetvā bhagavato piṇḍāya caraṇavelāyaṃ pesethā"ti hatthigopake āṇāpesi. Sakalanagaraṃ mahākolāhalaṃ ahosi, "buddhanāgena hatthināgassa yuddhaṃ passissāmā"ti ubhato rājavīthiyaṃ mañcātimañcaṃ bandhitvā pātova sannipatiṃsu. Bhagavāpi katasarīrapaṭijaggano bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto rājagahaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi, tasmiṃ khaṇe vuttaniyāmeneva nāḷāgiriṃ vissajjesuṃ. So vīthicaccarādayo vidhamento āgacchati, tadā ekā itthī dārakaṃ gahetvā vīthito vīthiṃ gacchati, hatthī taṃ itthiṃ disvā anubandhi. Bhagavā "nāḷāgiri na taṃ hanatthāya pesito, idhāgacchāhī"ti āha. So taṃ saddaṃ sutvā bhagavantābhimukho dhāvi. Bhagavā aparimāṇesu cakkavāḷesu anantasattesu pharaṇārahaṃ mettaṃ ekasmiṃyeva nāḷāgirimhi phari. So bhagavato mettāya phuṭo nibbhayo