1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe. Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu divāvihāragato pāpake akusale vitakke vitakketi, seyyathidaṃ – kāmavitakkaṃ, byāpādavitakkaṃ, vihiṃsāvitakkaṃ. Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ saṃvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasankami; upasankamitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi: 

2 "Ayoniso manasikārā,
so vitakkehi khajjasi;
Ayoniso paṭinissajja,
yoniso anucintaya.

3 Satthāraṃ dhammamārabbha,
sanghaṃ sīlāni attano;
Adhigacchasi pāmojjaṃ,
pītisukhamasaṃsayaṃ;
Tato pāmojjabahulo,
dukkhassantaṃ karissasī"ti.

4 Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṃvejito saṃvegamāpādīti.