Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
Connected Discourses with Yakkhas: SN10:4 Maṇibhadda
1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu viharati maṇimālike cetiye maṇibhaddassa yakkhassa bhavane. Atha kho maṇibhaddo yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi:
2 "Satīmato sadā bhaddaṃ,
satimā sukhamedhati;
Satīmato suve seyyo,
verā ca parimuccatī"ti.3 "Satīmato sadā bhaddaṃ,
satimā sukhamedhati;
Satīmato suve seyyo,
verā na parimuccati.4 Yassa sabbamahorattaṃ,
ahiṃsāya rato mano;
Mettaṃso sabbabhūtesu,
veraṃ tassa na kenacī"ti.