1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā āḷaviyaṃ viharati āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane. Atha kho āḷavako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "nikkhama, samaṇā"ti. "Sādhāvuso"ti bhagavā nikkhami. "Pavisa, samaṇā"ti. "Sādhāvuso"ti bhagavā pāvisi. Dutiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "nikkhama, samaṇā"ti. "Sādhāvuso"ti bhagavā nikkhami. "Pavisa, samaṇā"ti. "Sādhāvuso"ti bhagavā pāvisi. Tatiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "nikkhama, samaṇā"ti. "Sādhāvuso"ti bhagavā nikkhami. "Pavisa, samaṇā"ti. "Sādhāvuso"ti bhagavā pāvisi. Catutthampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "nikkhama, samaṇā"ti. "Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, nikkhamissāmi. Yaṃ te karaṇīyaṃ taṃ karohī"ti. "Pañhaṃ taṃ, samaṇa, pucchissāmi. Sace me na byākarissasi, cittaṃ vā te khipissāmi, hadayaṃ vā te phālessāmi, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragangāya khipissāmī"ti. "Na khvāhaṃ taṃ, āvuso, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya, yo me cittaṃ vā khipeyya hadayaṃ vā phāleyya, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragangāya khipeyya. Api ca tvaṃ, āvuso, puccha yadā kankhasī"ti ().

2 "Kiṃsūdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ,
Kiṃsu suciṇṇaṃ sukhamāvahāti;
Kiṃsu have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ,
Kathaṃjīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhan"ti.

3 "Saddhīdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ,
Dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti;
Saccaṃ have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ,
Paññājīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhan"ti.

4 "Kathaṃsu tarati oghaṃ,
kathaṃsu tarati aṇṇavaṃ;
Kathaṃsu dukkhamacceti,
kathaṃsu parisujjhatī"ti.

5 "Saddhāya tarati oghaṃ,
appamādena aṇṇavaṃ;
Vīriyena dukkhamacceti,
paññāya parisujjhatī"ti.

6 "Kathaṃsu labhate paññaṃ,
kathaṃsu vindate dhanaṃ;
Kathaṃsu kittiṃ pappoti,
kathaṃ mittāni ganthati;
Asmā lokā paraṃ lokaṃ,
kathaṃ pecca na socatī"ti.

7 "Saddahāno arahataṃ,
dhammaṃ nibbānapattiyā;
Sussūsaṃ labhate paññaṃ,
appamatto vicakkhaṇo.

8 Patirūpakārī dhuravā,
uṭṭhātā vindate dhanaṃ;
Saccena kittiṃ pappoti,
dadaṃ mittāni ganthati;
Asmā lokā paraṃ lokaṃ,
evaṃ pecca na socati.

9 Yassete caturo dhammā,
saddhassa gharamesino;
Saccaṃ dhammo dhiti cāgo,
sa ve pecca na socati.

10 Ingha aññepi pucchassu,
puthū samaṇabrāhmaṇe;
Yadi saccā dhammā cāgā,
khantyā bhiyyodha vijjatī"ti.

11 "Kathaṃ nu dāni puccheyyaṃ,
puthū samaṇabrāhmaṇe;
Yohaṃ ajja pajānāmi,
yo attho samparāyiko.

12 Atthāya vata me buddho,
vāsāyāḷavimāgamā;
Yohaṃ ajja pajānāmi,
yattha dinnaṃ mahapphalaṃ.

13 So ahaṃ vicarissāmi,
Gāmā gāmaṃ purā puraṃ;
Namassamāno sambuddhaṃ,
Dhammassa ca sudhammatan"ti.

Indakavaggo paṭhamo.

14 Indako sakka sūci ca,
Maṇibhaddo ca sānu ca;
Piyankara punabbasu sudatto ca,
Dve sukkā cīraāḷavīti dvādasa.

Yakkhasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.