[42] Yakkhoti tasmiṃ rukkhe adhivatthā devatā. Maṃ idamabravīti rukkhakkhandhe ṭhatvā "mahiṃsarāja kasmā imassa duṭṭhamakkaṭassa avamānaṃ sahasī"ti imamatthaṃ pakāsento "nāsehetaṃ chavaṃ pāpaṃ, siṅgehi ca khurehi cā"ti idaṃ vacanaṃ maṃ abhāsi.

[43] Evaṃ vutte tadā yakkheti tadā tasmiṃ kāle tasmiṃ yakkhe evaṃ vutte sati. Ahaṃ taṃ idamabravinti ahaṃ taṃ yakkhaṃ idaṃ idāni vakkhamānaṃ abraviṃ abhāsiṃ. Kuṇapenāti kilesāsucipaggharaṇena sucijātikānaṃ sādhūnaṃ paramajigucchanīyatāya atiduggandhavāyanena ca kuṇapasadisatāya kuṇapena. Pāpenāti pāṇātipātapāpena. Anariyenāti anariyānaṃ asādhūnaṃ māgavikanesādādīnaṃ hīnapurisānaṃ dhammattā anariyena kiṃ kena kāraṇena tvaṃ devate maṃ makkhesi, ayuttaṃ tayā vuttaṃ maṃ pāpe niyojentiyāti dasseti.

[44] Idāni tasmiṃ pāpadhamme ādīnavaṃ pakāsento "yadihantiādimāha. Tassattho:- bhadde devate ahaṃ tassa yadi kujjheyyaṃ, tatopi lāmakataro bhaveyyaṃ. Yena hi adhammacaraṇena so bālamakkaṭo nihīno nāma jāto, sace panāhaṃ tatopi balavataraṃ pāpadhammaṃ careyyaṃ, nanu tena tato pāpataro bhaveyyaṃ, aṭṭhānañcetaṃ yadihaṃ idhalokaparalokaṃ taduttari ca jānitvā ṭhito ekanteneva parahitāya paṭipanno evarūpaṃ pāpadhammaṃ careyyanti. Kiñca bhiyyo:- sīlañca me pabhijjeyyāti ahañceva kho pana evarūpaṃ pāpaṃ kareyyaṃ, mayhaṃ sīlapāramī khaṇḍitā siyā. Viññū ca garaheyyu manti paṇḍitā ca devamanussā maṃ garaheyyuṃ "passatha bho ayaṃ bodhisatto bodhipariyesanaṃ caramāno evarūpaṃ pāpaṃ akāsī"ti.

[45] Hīḷitā jīvitā vāpīti vāsaddo avadhāraṇe. Evaṃ viññūhi hīḷitā garahitā jīvitāpi parisuddhena parisuddhasīlena hutvā mataṃ vā maraṇameva varaṃ uttamaṃ seyyo. Kyāhaṃ jīvitahetupi, kāhāmi paraheṭhananti evaṃ jānanto ca ahaṃ mayhaṃ jīvitanimittampi parasattavihiṃsanaṃ kiṃ kāhāmi kiṃ karissāmi, etassa karaṇe kāraṇaṃ, natthīti attho.