1.1Vesālī nāma nagaratthi vajjīnaṁ,1.2Tattha ahu licchavi ambasakkaro;1.3Disvāna petaṁ nagarassa bāhiraṁ,1.4Tattheva pucchittha taṁ kāraṇatthiko.

2.1“Seyyā nisajjā nayimassa atthi,2.2Abhikkamo natthi paṭikkamo ca;2.3Asitapītakhāyitavatthabhogā,2.4Paricārikā sāpi imassa natthi.

3.1Ye ñātakā diṭṭhasutā suhajjā,3.2Anukampakā yassa ahesuṁ pubbe;3.3Daṭṭhumpi te dāni na taṁ labhanti,3.4Virājitatto hi janena tena.

4.1Na oggatattassa bhavanti mittā,4.2Jahanti mittā vikalaṁ viditvā;4.3Atthañca disvā parivārayanti,4.4Bahū mittā uggatattassa honti.

5.1Nihīnatto sabbabhogehi kiccho,5.2Sammakkhito samparibhinnagatto;5.3Ussāvabindūva palimpamāno,5.4Ajja suve jīvitassūparodho.

6.1Etādisaṁ uttamakicchappattaṁ,6.2Uttāsitaṁ pucimandassa sūle;6.3‘Atha tvaṁ kena vaṇṇena vadesi yakkha,6.4Jīva bho jīvitameva seyyo’”ti.

7.1“Sālohito esa ahosi mayhaṁ,7.2Ahaṁ sarāmi purimāya jātiyā;7.3Disvā ca me kāruññamahosi rāja,7.4Mā pāpadhammo nirayaṁ patāyaṁ.

8.1Ito cuto licchavi esa poso,8.2Sattussadaṁ nirayaṁ ghorarūpaṁ;8.3Upapajjati dukkaṭakammakārī,8.4Mahābhitāpaṁ kaṭukaṁ bhayānakaṁ.

9.1Anekabhāgena guṇena seyyo,9.2Ayameva sūlo nirayena tena;9.3Ekantadukkhaṁ kaṭukaṁ bhayānakaṁ,9.4Ekantatibbaṁ nirayaṁ patāyaṁ.

10.1Idañca sutvā vacanaṁ mameso,10.2Dukkhūpanīto vijaheyya pāṇaṁ;10.3Tasmā ahaṁ santike na bhaṇāmi,10.4Mā me kato jīvitassūparodho”.

11.1“Aññāto eso purisassa attho,11.2Aññampi icchāmase pucchituṁ tuvaṁ;11.3Okāsakammaṁ sace no karosi,11.4Pucchāma taṁ no na ca kujjhitabban”ti.

12.1“Addhā paṭiññā me tadā ahu,12.2Nācikkhanā appasannassa hoti;12.3Akāmā saddheyyavacoti katvā,12.4Pucchassu maṁ kāmaṁ yathā visayhan”ti.

13.1“Yaṁ kiñcahaṁ cakkhunā passissāmi,13.2Sabbampi tāhaṁ abhisaddaheyyaṁ;13.3Disvāva taṁ nopi ce saddaheyyaṁ,13.4Kareyyāsi me yakkha niyassakamman”ti.

14.1“Saccappaṭiññā tava mesā hotu,14.2Sutvāna dhammaṁ labha suppasādaṁ;14.3Aññatthiko no ca paduṭṭhacitto,14.4Yaṁ te sutaṁ asutañcāpi dhammaṁ;14.5Sabbampi akkhissaṁ yathā pajānanti”.

15.1“Setena assena alaṅkatena,15.2Upayāsi sūlāvutakassa santike;15.3Yānaṁ idaṁ abbhutaṁ dassaneyyaṁ,15.4Kissetaṁ kammassa ayaṁ vipāko”ti.

16.1“Vesāliyā nagarassa majjhe,16.2Cikkhallamagge narakaṁ ahosi;16.3Gosīsamekāhaṁ pasannacitto,16.4Setaṁ gahetvā narakasmiṁ nikkhipiṁ.

17.1Etasmiṁ pādāni patiṭṭhapetvā,17.2Mayañca aññe ca atikkamimhā;17.3Yānaṁ idaṁ abbhutaṁ dassaneyyaṁ,17.4Tasseva kammassa ayaṁ vipāko”ti.

18.1“Vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsati,18.2Gandho ca te sabbadisā pavāyati;18.3Yakkhiddhipattosi mahānubhāvo,18.4Naggo cāsi kissa ayaṁ vipāko”ti.

19.1“Akkodhano niccapasannacitto,19.2Saṇhāhi vācāhi janaṁ upemi;19.3Tasseva kammassa ayaṁ vipāko,19.4Dibbo me vaṇṇo satataṁ pabhāsati.

20.1Yasañca kittiñca dhamme ṭhitānaṁ,20.2Disvāna mantemi pasannacitto;20.3Tasseva kammassa ayaṁ vipāko,20.4Dibbo me gandho satataṁ pavāyati.

21.1Sahāyānaṁ titthasmiṁ nhāyantānaṁ,21.2Thale gahetvā nidahissa dussaṁ;21.3Khiḍḍatthiko no ca paduṭṭhacitto,21.4Tenamhi naggo kasirā ca vuttī”ti.

22.1“Yo kīḷamāno pakaroti pāpaṁ,22.2Tassedisaṁ kammavipākamāhu;22.3Akīḷamāno pana yo karoti,22.4Kiṁ tassa kammassa vipākamāhū”ti.

23.1“Ye duṭṭhasaṅkappamanā manussā,23.2Kāyena vācāya ca saṅkiliṭṭhā;23.3Kāyassa bhedā abhisamparāyaṁ,23.4Asaṁsayaṁ te nirayaṁ upenti.

24.1Apare pana sugatimāsamānā,24.2Dāne ratā saṅgahitattabhāvā;24.3Kāyassa bhedā abhisamparāyaṁ,24.4Asaṁsayaṁ te sugatiṁ upentī”ti.

25.1“Taṁ kinti jāneyyamahaṁ avecca,25.2Kalyāṇapāpassa ayaṁ vipāko;25.3Kiṁ vāhaṁ disvā abhisaddaheyyaṁ,25.4Ko vāpi maṁ saddahāpeyya etan”ti.

26.1“Disvā ca sutvā abhisaddahassu,26.2Kalyāṇapāpassa ayaṁ vipāko;26.3Kalyāṇapāpe ubhaye asante,26.4Siyā nu sattā sugatā duggatā vā.

27.1No cettha kammāni kareyyuṁ maccā,27.2Kalyāṇapāpāni manussaloke;27.3Nāhesuṁ sattā sugatā duggatā vā,27.4Hīnā paṇītā ca manussaloke.

28.1Yasmā ca kammāni karonti maccā,28.2Kalyāṇapāpāni manussaloke;28.3Tasmā hi sattā sugatā duggatā vā,28.4Hīnā paṇītā ca manussaloke.

29.1Dvayajja kammānaṁ vipākamāhu,29.2Sukhassa dukkhassa ca vedanīyaṁ;29.3Tā devatāyo paricārayanti,29.4Paccanti bālā dvayataṁ apassino.

30.1Na matthi kammāni sayaṅkatāni,30.2Datvāpi me natthi yo ādiseyya;30.3Acchādanaṁ sayanamathannapānaṁ,30.4Tenamhi naggo kasirā ca vuttī”ti.

31.1“Siyā nu kho kāraṇaṁ kiñci yakkha,31.2Acchādanaṁ yena tuvaṁ labhetha;31.3Ācikkha me tvaṁ yadatthi hetu,31.4Saddhāyikaṁ hetuvaco suṇomā”ti.

32.1“Kappitako nāma idhatthi bhikkhu,32.2Jhāyī susīlo arahā vimutto;32.3Guttindriyo saṁvutapātimokkho,32.4Sītibhūto uttamadiṭṭhipatto.

33.1Sakhilo vadaññū suvaco sumukho,33.2Svāgamo suppaṭimuttako ca;33.3Puññassa khettaṁ araṇavihārī,33.4Devamanussānañca dakkhiṇeyyo.

34.1Santo vidhūmo anīgho nirāso,34.2Mutto visallo amamo avaṅko;34.3Nirūpadhī sabbapapañcakhīṇo,34.4Tisso vijjā anuppatto jutimā.

35.1Appaññāto disvāpi na ca sujāno,35.2Munīti naṁ vajjisu voharanti;35.3Jānanti taṁ yakkhabhūtā anejaṁ,35.4Kalyāṇadhammaṁ vicarantaṁ loke.

36.1Tassa tuvaṁ ekayugaṁ duve vā,36.2Mamuddisitvāna sace dadetha;36.3Paṭiggahītāni ca tāni assu,36.4Mamañca passetha sannaddhadussan”ti.

37.1“Kasmiṁ padese samaṇaṁ vasantaṁ,37.2Gantvāna passemu mayaṁ idāni;37.3Yo majja kaṅkhaṁ vicikicchitañca,37.4Diṭṭhīvisūkāni vinodayeyyā”ti.

38.1“Eso nisinno kapinaccanāyaṁ,38.2Parivārito devatāhi bahūhi;38.3Dhammiṁ kathaṁ bhāsati saccanāmo,38.4Sakasmimācerake appamatto”ti.

39.1“Tathāhaṁ kassāmi gantvā idāni,39.2Acchādayissaṁ samaṇaṁ yugena;39.3Paṭiggahitāni ca tāni assu,39.4Tuvañca passemu sannaddhadussan”ti.

40.1“Mā akkhaṇe pabbajitaṁ upāgami,40.2Sādhu vo licchavi nesa dhammo;40.3Tato ca kāle upasaṅkamitvā,40.4Tattheva passāhi raho nisinnan”ti.

41.1Tathāti vatvā agamāsi tattha,41.2Parivārito dāsagaṇena licchavi;41.3So taṁ nagaraṁ upasaṅkamitvā,41.4Vāsūpagacchittha sake nivesane.

42.1Tato ca kāle gihikiccāni katvā,42.2Nhatvā pivitvā ca khaṇaṁ labhitvā;42.3Viceyya peḷāto ca yugāni aṭṭha,42.4Gāhāpayī dāsagaṇena licchavi.

43.1So taṁ padesaṁ upasaṅkamitvā,43.2Taṁ addasa samaṇaṁ santacittaṁ;43.3Paṭikkantaṁ gocarato nivattaṁ,43.4Sītibhūtaṁ rukkhamūle nisinnaṁ.

44.1Tamenamavoca upasaṅkamitvā,44.2Appābādhaṁ phāsuvihārañca pucchi;44.3“Vesāliyaṁ licchavihaṁ bhadante,44.4Jānanti maṁ licchavi ambasakkaro.

45.1Imāni me aṭṭha yugā subhāni,45.2Paṭigaṇha bhante padadāmi tuyhaṁ;45.3Teneva atthena idhāgatosmi,45.4Yathā ahaṁ attamano bhaveyyan”ti.

46.1“Dūratova samaṇabrāhmaṇā ca,46.2Nivesanaṁ te parivajjayanti;46.3Pattāni bhijjanti ca te nivesane,46.4Saṅghāṭiyo cāpi vidālayanti.

47.1Athāpare pādakuṭhārikāhi,47.2Avaṁsirā samaṇā pātayanti;47.3Etādisaṁ pabbajitā vihesaṁ,47.4Tayā kataṁ samaṇā pāpuṇanti.

48.1Tiṇena telampi na tvaṁ adāsi,48.2Muḷhassa maggampi na pāvadāsi;48.3Andhassa daṇḍaṁ sayamādiyāsi,48.4Etādiso kadariyo asaṁvuto tuvaṁ;48.5Atha tvaṁ kena vaṇṇena kimeva disvā,48.6Amhehi saha saṁvibhāgaṁ karosī”ti.

49.1“Paccemi bhante yaṁ tvaṁ vadesi,49.2Vihesayiṁ samaṇe brāhmaṇe ca;49.3Khiḍḍatthiko no ca paduṭṭhacitto,49.4Etampi me dukkaṭameva bhante.

50.1Khiḍḍāya yakkho pasavitvā pāpaṁ,50.2Vedeti dukkhaṁ asamattabhogī;50.3Daharo yuvā nagganiyassa bhāgī,50.4Kiṁ su tato dukkhatarassa hoti.

51.1Taṁ disvā saṁvegamalatthaṁ bhante,51.2Tappaccayā vāpi dadāmi dānaṁ;51.3Paṭigaṇha bhante vatthayugāni aṭṭha,51.4Yakkhassimā gacchantu dakkhiṇāyo”ti.

52.1“Addhā hi dānaṁ bahudhā pasatthaṁ,52.2Dadato ca te akkhayadhammamatthu;52.3Paṭigaṇhāmi te vatthayugāni aṭṭha,52.4Yakkhassimā gacchantu dakkhiṇāyo”ti.

53.1Tato hi so ācamayitvā licchavi,53.2Therassa datvāna yugāni aṭṭha;53.3Paṭiggahitāni ca tāni assu,53.4Yakkhañca passetha sannaddhadussaṁ.

54.1Tamaddasā candanasāralittaṁ,54.2Ājaññamārūḷhamuḷāravaṇṇaṁ;54.3Alaṅkataṁ sādhunivatthadussaṁ,54.4Parivāritaṁ yakkhamahiddhipattaṁ.

55.1So taṁ disvā attamano udaggo,55.2Pahaṭṭhacitto ca subhaggarūpo;55.3Kammañca disvāna mahāvipākaṁ,55.4Sandiṭṭhikaṁ cakkhunā sacchikatvā.

56.1Tamenamavoca upasaṅkamitvā,56.2“Dassāmi dānaṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ;56.3Na cāpi me kiñci adeyyamatthi,56.4Tuvañca me yakkha bahūpakāro”ti.

57.1“Tuvañca me licchavi ekadesaṁ,57.2Adāsi dānāni amoghametaṁ;57.3Svāhaṁ karissāmi tayāva sakkhiṁ,57.4Amānuso mānusakena saddhin”ti.

58.1“Gatī ca bandhū ca parāyaṇañca,58.2Mitto mamāsi atha devatā me;58.3Yācāmi taṁ pañjaliko bhavitvā,58.4Icchāmi taṁ yakkha punāpi daṭṭhun”ti.

59.1“Sace tuvaṁ assaddho bhavissasi,59.2Kadariyarūpo vippaṭipannacitto;59.3Tvaṁ neva maṁ lacchasi dassanāya,59.4Disvā ca taṁ nopi ca ālapissaṁ.

60.1Sace pana tvaṁ bhavissasi dhammagāravo,60.2Dāne rato saṅgahitattabhāvo;60.3Opānabhūto samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ,60.4Evaṁ mamaṁ lacchasi dassanāya.

61.1Disvā ca taṁ ālapissaṁ bhadante,61.2Imañca sūlato lahuṁ pamuñca;61.3Yatonidānaṁ akarimha sakkhiṁ,61.4Maññāmi sūlāvutakassa kāraṇā.

62.1Te aññamaññaṁ akarimha sakkhiṁ,62.2Ayañca sūlato lahuṁ pamutto;62.3Sakkacca dhammāni samācaranto,62.4Mucceyya so nirayā ca tamhā;62.5Kammaṁ siyā aññatra vedanīyaṁ.

63.1Kappitakañca upasaṅkamitvā,63.2Teneva saha saṁvibhajitvā kāle;63.3Sayaṁ mukhenūpanisajja puccha,63.4So te akkhissati etamatthaṁ.

64.1Tameva bhikkhuṁ upasaṅkamitvā,64.2Pucchassu aññatthiko no ca paduṭṭhacitto;64.3So te sutaṁ asutañcāpi dhammaṁ,64.4Sabbampi akkhissati yathā pajānan”ti.

65.1So tattha rahassaṁ samullapitvā,65.2Sakkhiṁ karitvāna amānusena;65.3Pakkāmi so licchavīnaṁ sakāsaṁ,65.4Atha bravi parisaṁ sannisinnaṁ.

66.1“Suṇantu bhonto mama ekavākyaṁ,66.2Varaṁ varissaṁ labhissāmi atthaṁ;66.3Sūlāvuto puriso luddakammo,66.4Paṇihitadaṇḍo anusattarūpo.

67.1Ettāvatā vīsatirattimattā,67.2Yato āvuto neva jīvati na mato;67.3Tāhaṁ mocayissāmi dāni,67.4Yathāmatiṁ anujānātu saṅgho”ti.

68.1“Etañca aññañca lahuṁ pamuñca,68.2Ko taṁ vadetha tathā karontaṁ;68.3Yathā pajānāsi tathā karohi,68.4Yathāmatiṁ anujānāti saṅgho”ti.

69.1So taṁ padesaṁ upasaṅkamitvā,69.2Sūlāvutaṁ mocayi khippameva;69.3“Mā bhāyi sammā”ti ca taṁ avoca,69.4Tikicchakānañca upaṭṭhapesi.

70.1“Kappitakañca upasaṅkamitvā,70.2Teneva saha saṁvibhajitvā kāle;70.3Sayaṁ mukhenūpanisajja licchavi,70.4Tatheva pucchittha naṁ kāraṇatthiko.

71.1Sūlāvuto puriso luddakammo,71.2Paṇihitadaṇḍo anusattarūpo;71.3Ettāvatā vīsatirattimattā,71.4Yato āvuto neva jīvati na mato.

72.1So mocito gantvā mayā idāni,72.2Etassa yakkhassa vaco hi bhante;72.3Siyā nu kho kāraṇaṁ kiñcideva,72.4Yena so nirayaṁ no vajeyya.

73.1Ācikkha bhante yadi atthi hetu,73.2Saddhāyikaṁ hetuvaco suṇoma;73.3Na tesaṁ kammānaṁ vināsamatthi,73.4Avedayitvā idha byantibhāvo”ti.

74.1“Sace sa dhammāni samācareyya,74.2Sakkacca rattindivamappamatto;74.3Mucceyya so nirayā ca tamhā,74.4Kammaṁ siyā aññatra vedanīyan”ti.

75.1“Aññāto eso purisassa attho,75.2Mamampi dāni anukampa bhante;75.3Anusāsa maṁ ovada bhūripañña,75.4Yathā ahaṁ no nirayaṁ vajeyyan”ti.

76.1“Ajjeva buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ upehi,76.2Dhammañca saṅghañca pasannacitto;76.3Tatheva sikkhāya padāni pañca,76.4Akhaṇḍaphullāni samādiyassu.

77.1Pāṇātipātā viramassu khippaṁ,77.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayassu;77.3Amajjapo mā ca musā abhāṇī,77.4Sakena dārena ca hohi tuṭṭho;77.5Imañca ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgavarenupetaṁ,77.6Samādiyāhi kusalaṁ sukhudrayaṁ.

78.1Cīvaraṁ piṇḍapātañca,78.2paccayaṁ sayanāsanaṁ;78.3Annaṁ pānaṁ khādanīyaṁ,78.4vatthasenāsanāni ca;78.5Dadāhi ujubhūtesu,78.6vippasannena cetasā.

79.1Bhikkhūpi sīlasampanne,79.2vītarāge bahussute;79.3Tappehi annapānena,79.4sadā puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati.

80.1Evañca dhammāni samācaranto,80.2Sakkacca rattindivamappamatto;80.3Muñca tuvaṁ nirayā ca tamhā,80.4Kammaṁ siyā aññatra vedanīyan”ti.

81.1“Ajjeva buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ upemi,81.2Dhammañca saṅghañca pasannacitto;81.3Tatheva sikkhāya padāni pañca,81.4Akhaṇḍaphullāni samādiyāmi.

82.1Pāṇātipātā viramāmi khippaṁ,82.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayāmi;82.3Amajjapo no ca musā bhaṇāmi,82.4Sakena dārena ca homi tuṭṭho;82.5Imañca ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgavarenupetaṁ,82.6Samādiyāmi kusalaṁ sukhudrayaṁ.

83.1Cīvaraṁ piṇḍapātañca,83.2paccayaṁ sayanāsanaṁ;83.3Annaṁ pānaṁ khādanīyaṁ,83.4vatthasenāsanāni ca.

84.1Bhikkhū ca sīlasampanne,84.2vītarāge bahussute;84.3Dadāmi na vikampāmi,84.4buddhānaṁ sāsane rato”ti.

85.1Etādiso licchavi ambasakkaro,85.2Vesāliyaṁ aññataro upāsako;85.3Saddho mudū kārakaro ca bhikkhu,85.4Saṅghañca sakkacca tadā upaṭṭhahi.

86.1Sūlāvuto ca arogo hutvā,86.2Serī sukhī pabbajjaṁ upāgami;86.3Bhikkhuñca āgamma kappitakuttamaṁ,86.4Ubhopi sāmaññaphalāni ajjhaguṁ.

87.1Etādisā sappurisāna sevanā,87.2Mahapphalā hoti sataṁ vijānataṁ;87.3Sūlāvuto aggaphalaṁ aphassayi,87.4Phalaṁ kaniṭṭhaṁ pana ambasakkaroti.

88.1Ambasakkarapetavatthu paṭhamaṁ.