Evam me sutaṃ: Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Āḷaviyaṃ viharati Āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane.
Atha kho Āḷavako yakkho yena Bhagavā ten’ upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "nikkhama samaṇā" ti, -- "sādh’ āvuso" ti Bhagavā nikkhami, -- "pavisa samaṇā" [F.32] ti, -- "sādh'
āvuso" ti Bhagavā pāvisi.
Dutiyam pi kho Āḷavako yakkho Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "nikkhama samaṇā"
ti, -- "sādh’ āvuso" ti Bhagavā nikkhami, -- "pavisa samaṇā" ti, -- "sādh’ āvuso" ti Bhagavā pāvisi.
Tatiyam pi kho Āḷavako yakkho Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "nikkhama samaṇā" ti, -- "sādh’ āvuso" ti Bhagavā nikkhami, -- "pavisa samaṇā" ti, -- "sādh’ āvuso" ti Bhagavā pāvisi.
Catuttham pi kho Āḷavako yakkho Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: "nikkhama samaṇā" ti. "Na khv-āhan
(032) taṃ āvuso nikkhamissāmi, yan te karaṇīyaṃ, taṃ karohī"
ti. "Pañhan taṃ samaṇa pucchissāmi, sace me na vyākarissasi, cittaṃ vā te khipissāmi hadayaṃ vā te phālessāmi pādesu vā gahetvā pāra-Gaṅgāya khipissāmī" ti.
"Na khv-āhan taṃ āvuso passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya, yo me cittaṃ vā khipeyya hadayaṃ vā phāḷeyya pādesu vā gahetvā pāra-Gaṅgāya khipeyya, api ca tvaṃ āvuso puccha yad ākaṃkhasī" ti.
Atha kho Āḷavako yakkho Bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: