1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā pāvāyaṃ viharati ajakalāpake cetiye, ajakalāpakassa yakkhassa bhavane. Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṃ abbhokāse nisinno hoti; devo ca ekamekaṃ phusāyati. Atha kho ajakalāpako yakkho bhagavato bhayaṃ chambhitattaṃ lomahaṃsaṃ uppādetukāmo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavato avidūre tikkhattuṃ "akkulo pakkulo"ti akkulapakkulikaṃ akāsi:  "eso te, samaṇa, pisāco"ti.

2 Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi: 

3 "Yadā sakesu dhammesu,
pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo;
Atha etaṃ pisācañca,
pakkulañcātivattatī"ti.

Sattamaṃ.