1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ aññataro vajjiputtako bhikkhu vesāliyaṃ viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe. Tena kho pana samayena vesāliyaṃ vajjiputtako sabbaratticāro hoti. Atha kho so bhikkhu vesāliyā tūriyatāḷitavāditanigghosasaddaṃ sutvā paridevamāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi: 

2 "Ekakā mayaṃ araññe viharāma,
Apaviddhaṃva vanasmiṃ dārukaṃ;
Etādisikāya rattiyā,
Ko su nāmamhehi pāpiyo"ti.

3 Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ saṃvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasankami; upasankamitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

4 "Ekakova tvaṃ araññe viharasi,
Apaviddhaṃva vanasmiṃ dārukaṃ;
Tassa te bahukā pihayanti,
Nerayikā viya saggagāminan"ti.

5 Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṃvejito saṃvegamāpādīti.