Ekaṃ samayaṃ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe. Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍa­pāta­paṭik­kanto pokkharaṇiṃ ogāhetvā padumaṃ upasiṅghati. Atha kho yā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ saṃvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“Yametaṃ vārijaṃ pupphaṃ,
adinnaṃ upasiṅghasi;
Ekaṅgametaṃ theyyānaṃ,
gandhatthenosi mārisā”ti.

“Na harāmi na bhañjāmi,
ārā siṅghāmi vārijaṃ;
Atha kena nu vaṇṇena,
gandhatthenoti vuccati.

Yvāyaṃ bhisāni khanati,
puṇḍarīkāni bhañjati;
Evaṃ ākiṇṇakammanto,
kasmā eso na vuccatī”ti.

“Ākiṇṇaluddo puriso,
dhāticelaṃva makkhito;
Tasmiṃ me vacanaṃ natthi,
tvañcārahāmi vattave.

Anaṅgaṇassa posassa,
niccaṃ sucigavesino;
Vālaggamattaṃ pāpassa,
abbhāmattaṃva khāyatī”ti.

“Addhā maṃ yakkha jānāsi,
atho me anukampasi;
Punapi yakkha vajjāsi,
yadā passasi edisan”ti.

“Neva taṃ upajīvāma,
napi te bhatakāmhase;
Tvameva bhikkhu jāneyya,
yena gaccheyya suggatin”ti.

Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṃvejito saṃ­ve­ga­māpādīti.

Vanavaggo paṭhamo.

Vivekaṃ upaṭṭhānañca,
Kassapagottena sambahulā;
Ānando anuruddho ca,
Nāgadattañca kulagharaṇī.

Vajjiputto ca vesālī,
Sajjhāyena ayoniso;
Majjhan­hi­kālamhi pākatindriya—​
Padumapupphena cuddasa bhaveti.

Vanasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.